87,100 CHF
Jules Ji. irgensen, Copenhagen No. 13690, Swiss, made for New York, circa 1875. Very impressive and fine 18K gold hunting cased, keyless minute-repeating, moon phase astronomical watch with perpetual calendar and chronograph. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets" by Jacques Huguenin, No 1204, engine-turned. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. White enamel with Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for clays of the week, months of the leap year cycle, the dates and seconds with inner moon-phase aperture (hairlines on subsidiary dials). Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Only few watches with triple complication were made by this eminent maker with a cliametcr of 60 nun, this one is pal Ocular) , i mpressive, its case weighs over 150 gr. Document kou/ly proolded by ttib Pierre Mort, Waldt Museum, Ctnleatt-des-Monts, Le Lode.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-04-12