Watch Data
Gold, enamel, ruby & diamond, beetle form Watch no. Unknown
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Case: Gold, beetle form, cuvette signed.
Dial: Circular white enamel, Roman numerals,blued-steel hands, unsigned. Movement: Gilt brass, heart-shaped, cylinder escapement Provenance: 18?? - Haas Neveux, Geneve 1991 - Christie's, 15 May 1991, est CHF6-8,000, sold CHF7,150, "B. HAAS. A SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET BEETLE-FORM WATCH SIGNED B. HAAS INC. & CIE, BREVETE GENEVE, BESANCON, PARIS, CIRCA 1850 the case cast and chased with engraved legs, thorax and head, decorated in black champleve enamels set with rose-diamonds, the wings with red guilloche enamel set with rose-diamonds and hinged to reveal a circular white enamel dial with Roman chapters and blued-steel hands, the heart-shaped gilt bar movement with cylinder escapement wound through the signed border engraved gold cuvette, gold bow -64 mm overall length." |
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