Gold Repeating Watch no. 15786

Case: Gold, hunting, winding by the cover Dial: Movement: Provenance: 18?? - Haas Neveux, Geneva 1996 - Antiquorum, 12 Oct 1996, est CHF9-11,000, sold CHF14,950, "B. Haas Jne. & Cie, Geneve, Paris, No. 15786, Remontoire perpetuel a decrochement, nouveau systeme brevete, Swiss, circa 1890. Fine and rare, 18 ct. pink gold, hunting cased, keyless patented cover winding, minute repeating watch. C.Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished, a gold shaped plaque engraved with a coat-ofarms, applied on the cover. Hinged gold cuvette, engine-turned on the border and engraved with technical details. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals. Blued steel "scotties" hands. M. 19"', nickel plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, wound by opening and closing the cover, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition with a copy of the original patent. Diam. 56 mm. Notes This important watch embodies the main patented invention by Haas: the cover winding system, so called: Remontoire perpetuel a decrochement"