Gold Watch no. 3739

Case: Yellow gold, hunting, winding by the cover, 51mm. Dial: White enamel, Roman numerals, blue outer five-minute numerals, gold Louis XV hands, subsidiary seconds dial, unsigned. Movement: 41mm. (18'''), nickel, damascened in circular pattern, 18 jewels, straight line moustache lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, wound via a small lever attached to the block of the front hinge by closing the lid. Provenance: 18?? - Haas Neveux, Geneva 2002 - Antiquorum 13 Apr 2002 est 5-7000chf sold 5980chf "Benjamin Haas, Geneva, Paris, No. 3739, circa 1880. Fine 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch wound by closing the front cover. C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine turned with monogrammed front, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute gold dot divisions with five-minute blue Arabic figures, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 41mm. (18???), nickel, damascened in circular pattern, 18 jewels, straight line ?moustache? lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, wound via a small lever attached to the block of the front hinge by closing the lid. Diam. 51mm. C. Four-body, bassine et filets, engine turned with monogrammed front, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute gold dot divisions with five-minute blue Arabic figures, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 41mm. (18'''), nickel, damascened in circular pattern, 18 jewels, straight line moustache lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, wound via a small lever attached to the block of the front hinge by closing the lid. Diam. 51mm. Notes The watch utilizes a winding system patented by Benjamin Haas of Haas Neveux & Cie. (English patent 3945 of Dec 2, 1873) for a mechanism wound by closing the front lid."