Swiss rare yellow gold minute repeating watch Circa 1920
- Kenmerk
- SA0723
- Diameter
- 44 mm
- Estimate
- € 4.000 - 7.000
- Price sold
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A fine Swiss rare yellow gold minute repeating open faced watch, circa 1920, manual winding jeweled nickel lever movement with the seal of Geneva, 2 hammers repeating on 2 gongs.
Silvered dial with painted Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds.
18K Yellow gold case, hinged case back, slide for the repeater at 3 o’clock, case, dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 44 mm
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Signed: Haas Neveux and Co Geneve
Haas Neveux and Cie. went from B. Haas Jeune and Cie. by Benjamin Haas and was based in Geneva. The company has branches in New York, Paris, Cannes and Besançon. The company was listed as a “Manufacture”. In 1902, Haas Neveux and Cie. the first prize for precision in the competition of the prestigious “Observatoire de Geneve”. In 1913 the company received a Swiss patent no. 63652. In 1914, the company won the prize for the best marine chronometer in the prestigious Geneva Observatory competition, as well as several other prizes, including a record price for best regulation. In the same year, the company won a Grand Prix at the exhibition in Bern. In 1929, Haas Neveux and Cie. Member of the jury at the World Exhibition in Barcelona. 1939 was the last year that the company was listed.
In 1991, the company was re-founded, today this brand belongs to the SWC Company Ltd. in South Korea, previously Samsung Watch Co
Signed: Haas Neveux and Co Geneve
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