103,500 HKD
“Lady’s Minute-Repeating Watch” Attributed to Haas Neveux & Cie. , Genève, No. 5317. Made for Theodore B. Starr, New York, circa 1900. Very fine, rare and small, minute repeating keyless pocket watch. Three-body, “bassine”, polished, the back with engraved monogram, swivelbow. Dedicated hinged goldcuvette. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and redpainted Arabic five minute numerals,subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. 28 mm (12 1/2’’’), rhodiumplated, “fausses côtes” decoration,28 jewels, four in screwed gold chatons, straight line lever escapement, cutbimetallic compensationbalance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating withtwo hammers on two gongs activatedby a slide in the band.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 33.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
