$8,050
ules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, made in Switzerland, No. 15632, circa 1902. Very fine and rare 18K gold split seconds chronograph watch with instantaneous 60-minute register and "bow set". Four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute ring, outermost red chronograph ring with five-minute Arabic figures, sunk subsidiary seconds, minute register at 12. Blued steel "spade" hands. 38 mm (17’’’), nickel, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance-spring, chronograph set on the back plate, split seconds mechanism under the dial, Jules Jürgensen patented bow setting.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 47 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-09-22