Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 148
JULES JURGENSEN POCKET WATCH ENAMEL AND YELLOW GOLD Jules Jurgensen., Swiss, No. 16879. Made in the 1930's. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, sapphires and enamel keyless dress pocket watch.
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
HKD 24,000 - 40,000 / USD 3,100 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 8,750
Three-body, "bassine", polished, caseback with lady playing with doves against a sunburst cloisonne background, bezels hand engraved in a floral and leaf pattern, band set with sapphires. Champagne with applied blued steel Arabic numerals, outer dot divisions, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel hands. Rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to all positions and temperatures, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-6-01 |
Very good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |