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Pocket watch: gold hunting case watch of exquisite quality, minute repeater, chronometer maker Rodanet Paris No. 15351, calibre probably Audemars Piguet, ca. 1910
Ca. Ø49mm, ca. 104g, 18K gold, hunting case à-goutte, case and movement with matching number 15351, case and movement signed, top quality with Geneva striping and fine adjusting device, high-quality nickel plated, bridge numbered and signed, repeating the hours, quarters and minutes, original signed gilt dial, blued steel hands, in very good condition, in working order and with good sound. A.H. Rodanet was an important French watchmaker, dealer and representative of Patek Philippe in Paris. Auguste Hilaire Rodanet was also a Knight of the Legion of Honour and Mayor of the 2nd Arrondissement of Paris between 1904 and 1907. Since 1880 he was President of the Paris School of Watchmaking and Mechanical Precision.
Hammerprice: 4.600 €
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Pocket watch: very early and very thin Geneva dress watch minute repeater, chronograph with register, Haas Neveux & Co., Genève, No. 20247, ca. 1920
Ca. Ø45mm, ca. 51g, 18K gold, signed and numbered, matching numbers on case and movement, very fine, very thin calibre with Geneva seal, lever escapement, repeating hours, quarters and minutes, very fine chronograph with 30-minute register, silvered, engine turned dial, blued Breguet steel hands, in working order, in excellent condition. The watch is extremely rare and a very fine Geneva quality. Most Haas Neveux & Co. dress watches from this period are only equipped with a repeater. This watch also includes a chronograph with register. Haas Neveux & Co., along with Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron & Constantin, was one of the top 4 manufacturers of these Geneva pocket watches supplying Cartier, Verger, Van Cleef and Tiffany. These watches with prime quality movements are wanted collector's items.
Hammerprice: 6.000 €
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