20,060 CHF
“Minute-Repeating, Split Seconds” Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen, No. 15402. Made circa 1910. Very fine and very rare, minute repeating, 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with split seconds chronograph, instantaneous 60-minute register and Jurgensen’s patented bow hand-setting mechanism. To be sold without reserve Four-body, “bassine et filets”, polished, the back and front covers engraved with monograms. Hinged gold cuvette, the interior with engraved dedication. Glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and concentric red painted fifth of a second indexes, outer Arabic five minute/second numerals, subsidiary seconds at 6, 60-minute register at 12. Gold “spade” hands. 18’’’, rhodium-plated, 32 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator, repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 53 mm. Property of a German Collector Notes Jules Frédéric Jürgensen (1808-1877) The son of Urban Jürgensen, and a very eminent watchmaker himself, Jules was born in Le Locle but as a child moved with his parents to Denmark. In 1830, after the death of his father, the company was taken over by Jules and his brother Louis Urban. In 1833, Jules returned to Le Locle and built up a great business. After his death, the family business was continued by his brother and in 1886 it was s
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
