Swiss gold, enamel and diamond pendant watch Circa 1905

Gold open faced lady’s pendant watch
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A very fine and elegant Swiss 18K gold, enamel and rose diamond-set keyless lady’s pendant watch, circa 1905. The back decorated with chased stylized foliage, translucent green guilloché enamel and rose diamonds, bezel decorated with stylized foliage and set with rose diamonds, white and green enamel band, rose diamond-set bow. Dedicated hinged gold cuvette.

Gold dial with an engine-turned centre, matte chapter ring with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Rhodium-plated, Geneva striping decoration, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with flat blued steel balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed the case with the punch mark of Haas Neveux & Co.
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Diameter: 26 mm
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Signed: E. Gubelin Lucerne
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The Seal of Geneva Quality Mark was established on November 6, 1886. Awarded by the Geneva Observatory, it was equivalent to a “Bulletin Officiel de Marche” and qualified timepieces to be officially termed “chronometers”.