Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 509

HAAS NEVEUX VERY THIN GOLD ENAMEL AND DIAMOND Attributed to Haas Neveux & Cie, Genève, No. 49594. Made for Dreicer & Co., (New York), circa 1910. Very fine, very thin and elegant, 18K gold, enamel and diamond-set keyless dress watch with a platinum and enamel chain.

Three-body, bassine, the back cover with translucent royal blue enamel over an engine-turned background, the center with an applied platinum and rose-cut diamond-set motif, bezel decorated to match with white line border and bow. Matte silvered, black Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel spade hands. 38 mm. rhodium-plated, fausses-cotes decoration, Extra Adjusted, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 18 jewels, straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, index regulator.