34,500 CHF
Haas Neveux & Cie. , Genève et Paris, circa 1900. Very fine and rare, miniature 18K gold and enamel keyless, minute-repeating, Lady’s pendant lever chronometer. Notes Hass Neveux & Cie. Is one of the oldest manufactures of Switzerland. The firm Haas Neveux & Cie. succeeded to the firm B. Haas Jne which was created in 1848. Haas Neveux & Cie. created the extra-flat watch with winding mechanism, provoking a revolution in watchmaking. The firm sought to make their watches more elegant by making them flatter. At the Geneva Exhibition of 1896, they exhibited the first extra-flat watch, with a movement only two millimeters thick. While they devoted a great deal of attention to the decoration of their watches, in the form of pendants, bracelets, rings, etc., Haas Neveux & Cie. always remained at the forefront of the making of high-precision chronometers, obtaining prizes at the competition of the Geneva Observatory. In this contest, one of its chronometers won 879 points, a result that was never again attained until 1925, and remains the world record for adjustment. Since its foundation, Haas Neveux & Cie. took part in all the international exhibitions and won the highest prizes. “Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois” by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998. The present watch is one of the smallest minute repeaters ever made, and was sold by Antiquorum on March 31 and April 1, 2001, lot 99. Provenance. Lord Sandberg Collection, published in the Sandberg book, page
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
