Haas & Cie

Haas. A fine and unusual 18K pink gold hunter case double dial full calendar keyless lever watch with phases of the moon and Haas patented cover winding system, made for the Turkish Market

Haas. A fine and unusual 18K pink gold hunter case double dial full calendar keyless lever watch with phases of the moon and Haas patented cover winding system, made for the Turkish Market Signed Maison B. Haas Jeune, Geneve, Paris, circa 1900 The nickel-finished lever movement wound by opening and closing the cover, bimetallic compensation balance, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gold spade hands, aperture for phases of the moon combined with lunar calendar, two windows for year and month, constant seconds, the second dial with date and day indications on white enamel ring, skeletonized centre revealing the movement, in circular engine-turned case with initials surrounded by a laurel wreath to the reverse, the front centred by a Turkish inscription surmounted by a crown, case signed 55 mm. diam.Haas & 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. Over the years, new family members joined the company and consequently it was renamed to Haas Neveux & Cie. in 1884. In the same year, Haas launched a highly innovative pocket watch with a movement that was wound by opening and closing of the cover. This mechanism was further developed and patented and presented at the 1893 Chicago World Exhibition.