Swiss gold watch with blue champlevé background Circa 1900

Gold open faced pocket watch by Haas Neveux & Co.
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A very fine and rare, Swiss gold enamel and rose-cut diamond-set, keyless, lady’s pendant watch, circa 1900.
18-carat gold case with a lattice case back decorated in a floral and leaf motif with one single cut diamond, hinged gold cuvette decorated with blue champlevé enamel, and the bezel engraved in a floral design. Enamel dial with decorative Arabic radial hours, outer minutes track, subsidiary dial for the seconds, and gold Louis XV hands. A rhodium-plated movement, double stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, and blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial signed and case numbered.
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Diameter: 26mm
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Signed: Haas Neveux & Co. Genève, Paris
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Haas Neveux & Cie., Swiss watch manufacture
Haas Neveux & Cie. went out of the company B. Haas Jeune & Cie. by Benjamin Haas and was based in Geneva. The firm operated branch offices in New York, Paris, Cannes and Besançon. The company was listed as “Manufacture”. In 1902, Haas Neveux & Cie. the first prize for precision in the renowned “Observatoire de Geneve” competition. In 1913 the company received a Swiss patent no. 63652. 1914 In the famous Geneva Observatory competition, the company won the prize for the best marine chronometer and various other prizes, including a record prize for the best regulation. In the same year, the company won a grand award at the exhibition in Bern. In 1929 Haas Neveux & Cie. Member of the jury at the World Exhibition in Barcelona. 1939 was the last year the company was listed.
The company was re-established in 1991; today, this brand belongs to SWC Company Ltd. in South Korea, previously Samsung Watch Co.