12,500 HKD
JULES JURGENSEN HUNTING CASED POCKET WATCH YELLOW GOLD Jules Jürgensen, Swiss, No. 6886/16176. Made circa 1851. Very fine 18K yellow gold key-wound pocket watch. Four-body, "bassine", polished, reeded band, hand engraved front and back covers White enamel with black radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. 44mm. 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement with elongated fork, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, large index regulator with engraved scale on the center bridge. Notes Case, dial, and movement signed. DIAM. 53 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. This watch is illustrated in The Jurgensen Dynasty by John Knudsen p. 224.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2016-07-09
