Gold Watch no. 40998

Case: Gold, engine turned & engraved. Four-body, solid, "demi-bassine", polished, the back cover with engraved monogram «O", concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette. Dial: Gold, engine turned, Breguet numerals, blued steel spade hands, subsidiary seconds, signed "Lacloche Freres, Rue De La Paix, Paris" Movement: 39 mm, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped with the seal of Geneva quality mark, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold mean time and temperature adjustment screws, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Provenance: 19?? - Haas Neveux, Geneve ???? - Auction, "DRESS WATCH Haas Neveux & Co., Genève, No. 40998, retailed by Lacloche Freres, Rue de la Paix, Paris. Made circa 1907. Very fine and elegant, 18K yellow gold, thin, keyless, lever chronometer dress watch. Four-body, solid, "demi-bassine", polished, the back cover with engraved monogram «O", concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette. Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, engine-turned center. Black spade hands. M. 39 mm, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped with the seal of Geneva quality mark, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold mean time and temperature adjustment screws, blued steel fl at balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed Lacloche Freres, case punched with Haas Neveux trademark. Diam. 46 mm. Weight 65,78 gr."