SIGNED HAAS NEVEUX & CIE., GENÈVE, NO. 20'532, CIRCA 1930

As expected from the prestigious firm of Haas Neveux, one of the foremost Swiss manufacturers, this watch is of very high grade throughout. The dial is particularly beautifully designed with apertures for the jumping hours and ‘digital’ minutes. Swiss Patent No. 121377A for this mechanism was applied for on 10 September 1926 and granted to Haas Neveux & Cie on 17 October 1927 for “Watch movement without hour and minute hands, at jump hours and minutes, with a second hand, characterized by the fact that the minute jump occurs exactly when the second hand arrives to 60.”

The fine movement of the present watch is stamped twice with the poinçon de Genève. Introduced by the Republic and Canton of Geneva in 1886 as the ultimate standard of excellence and an emblem of Geneva’s fine watchmaking expertise, the Poinçon de Genève is synonymous with quality craftsmanship and reliability.

Haas Neveux & Cie. was founded by Leopold and Benjamin Haas in 1848 and manufactured from the beginning small series of gold or platinum watches featuring the classical complications such as perpetual calendars, quarter repeaters, chronographs and split-second chronographs. Haas Neveux & Cie. were one of the companies at the forefront of the making of high-precision watches and chronometers, obtaining prizes at the Geneva Observatory competitions and winning the highest prizes at international exhibitions.