Gold Repeating Split second Chronometer no. 18752

Case: Yellow gold four-body, demi-bassine, polished, the case back engraved with a foliate monogram, the inner edge of the band with engraved dedication, gold hinged cuvette engrave with the maker's details and prize medals for Paris 1900, gold bolt at 2 o'clock to lock the chronograph, chronograph buttons in the band and winding crown. Dial: White enamel with painted Breguet numerals, outer minute track with gold painted Arabic five-minute/seconds numerals, outermost 1/5th seconds track calibrated from 0-300, four subsidiary dials for the days of the week, date, months of the leap year cycle concentric with 30-minute register, and subsidiary seconds, moon phase aperture. Gold Louis XV hands. Movement: 42 mm. (18'''), stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, wavy line decoration, 40 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Provenance: ???? - Haas Neveux, Geneva 2006 - Antiquorum 2006-04-02 sold for CHF82,600: "Triple Complication” B. Haas Jeune, Haas Neveux & Cie, Sucrs., Geneve - Paris, No. 18752. Made circa 1905. Very fine and rare, keyless, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and splitseconds chronograph with 30-minute register. Four-body, “demi-bassine”, polished, the case back engraved with a foliate monogram, the inner edge of the band with engraved dedication, gold hinged cuvette engrave with the maker's details and prize medals for Paris 1900, gold bolt at 2 o’clock to lock the chronograph, chronograph buttons in the band and winding crown. White enamel with painted Breguet numerals, outer minute track with gold painted Arabic five-minute/seconds numerals, outermost 1/5th seconds track calibrated from 0-300, four subsidiary dials for the days of the week, date, months of the leap year cycle concentric with 30-minute register, and subsidiary seconds, moon phase aperture. Gold Louis XV hands. Cal. 42 mm. (18’’’), stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium plated, wavy line decoration, 40 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, “swan-neck” micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial and case signed, case numbered. Diam. 52 mm. Notes Haas - B. Jeune & Cie. (1870-circa 1885). Paris, Genève, Besançon. One of the oldest manufactures of Switzerland, known for high quality watchmaking. Haas Neveux & Cie. succeededto the firm B. Haas Jne, which was created in 1848. Haas Neveux & Cie. created the revolutionary extra-flat watch with winding mechanism. The firm sought to make their watches more elegant by making them flatter. At the 1896 Geneva Exhibition they showed the first extra-flatwatch with a movement only two millimeters thick. While they devoted a great deal of attention to the decoration of their watches, in the formof pendants, bracelets, rings, etc., Haas Neveux & Cie. remained at the forefront of the making of high-precision chronometers, obtaining prizesat the Geneva Observatory competitions. Since its foundation, Haas Neveux & Cie. has won the highest prizes at international exhibitions. 02-04-2006 Sold including buyer's premium:82,600 CHF"