Pocket Watches

Gold hunting cased minute repeating watch with automaton

    Gold hunting cased minute repeating watch with automaton

    Switzerland, Geneve

    1878-1884

    B. Haas Jeune & Cie

    Gold, nickel, enamel, glass; guilloche, engraving, painted enamel

    Diameter 55 mm, 178 gr

    On the movement lid; “REPETITION A MINUTES”, “MI”, “CHRONOMETRE”, “Mon. B. Haas Jne”, “BREVETÉE”, “GENÈVE – PARIS”. Maker's mark: letters “B H J◦Co”, located on the arc over the letter "G"; gold alloy: "18 K", the girl's head profile; numbers "2" and "9" on the front lid; serial number on the back lid: "15529"

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    Jewelled nickel lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, repeating on two polished steel coiled gongs, signed and numbered cuvette, central guilloche grey enamel dial with blue center and Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, painted polychrome enamel figures appearing to strike bells in time with the repeating mechanism, plain polished case and cuvette signed B. Haas 15529, with gold chain stamped "AM".

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