Watch Data

Platinum, onyx & diamond Chronometer no. 70594

Case: Platinum & onyx with diamonds to the band, pearl winding crown

Dial: Engine turned with cubist Arabic numerals, white metal Breguet hands, signed "Haas Neveux & Cie, Geneve, Importe de Suisse"

Movement: 38 mm. rhodium-plated, fausses-cotes decoration, Extra Adjusted, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, index regulator.

Provenance:
1??? - Haas Neveux, Geneva

2014 - Sotheby's 10 December 2014 est $6-8,000 unsold: "Haas Neveux A FINE PLATINUM, ONYX AND DIAMOND-SET OPEN FACED WATCH CIRCA 1920, manual winding jeweled nickel lever movement, two-tone guilloche silvered dial, Arabic numerals to the matte chapter ring, outer minute track • platinum case, the case band and bow set with diamonds, pearl crown, snap on bezel, dial and movement signed, case stamped, diameter 45 mm"

2015 - Antiquorum $5-7,000 15 Apr 2015 "HAAS NEVEUX VERY THIN ONYX DIAMOND AND WHITE GOLD Haas Neveux & Cie, Genève. Made circa 1910. Very fine, very thin and elegant, 18K white gold, onyx and diamond-set keyless dress watch. Three-body, bassine, onyx case back and front rim, rounded band set with 90 round diamonds, bow set with 20 round diamonds, pearl winding crown. Guilloche silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 38 mm. rhodium-plated, fausses-cotes decoration, Extra Adjusted, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, index regulator."

2015 - Doyle auction, 16 dec 2015, est $2,500-3,500, sold $2,812, "Art Deco Platinum, Black Onyx, Diamond and Button Pearl Open Face Pocket Watch, S. Hass Neveux & Cie., Geneve, France. Mechanical, centering a circular matte silver-tone dial with engine-turned matte silver-tone center, with applied polished silver-tone Arabic numerals, within a black onyx case, topped by a pearl crown approximately 5.0 mm., the hinged pendant loop edged by single-cut diamonds, the outer edge lined by platinum-set single-cut diamonds, the reverse of black onyx, diameter approximately 22.5 mm., dial signed S. Haas Neveux & Cie., Geneve, Importe de Suisse, movement unsigned, with Geneva stamp, no. 70594, case no. 85881, pendant loop with maker's mark and French assay mark, circa 1920. The movement is currently running, but is not guaranteed to be in working order. Pearl: slightly creamy, clean, minor dimple to side, good luster. Plastic crystal. Good condition. Diameter 1 3/4 inches."

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