Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 222

JULES JURGENSEN DECK CHRONOMETER CHRONOGRAPH SILVER Jules Jurgensen silver deck Chronometer Copenhagen No. 12607 made in 1879. Massive and heavy silver deck Chronometer with chronograph.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

HKD 320,000 - 480,000 / USD 42,000 - 63,000

Four-body, massive, engine-turned silver case, pink gold hinges, polished band, hinged cuvette engraved with ''Jules Jurgensens Copenhagen No 12607'' ,with apertures for winding and hand-setting. 1 push button at 12 o'clock on the band for start/stop chronograph. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and fifths of a second chronograph divisions, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. 24''', .... gilt full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, Harrison's maintaining power,maltese coss stop work,steel escape wheel, steel anchor,large and heavy bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature adjustment screws, gold mean time nuts, blued steel Breguet balance spring.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-70-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairline

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 66 mm. This watch is illustrated in The Jurgensen Dynasty by John Knudsen p. 246.