Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 44

JULES JURGENSEN DIGITAL DRESS WATCH WITH AMERICAN CALENDAR ART DECO WHITE GOLD Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen, No. 17620. Very fine, rare and elegant 18K white gold, Art Deco, thin, keyless, digital display dress watch with perpetual calendar. Made for Udall & Ballou circa 1930.

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

HKD 40,000 - 56,000 / USD 5,200 - 7,300

Sold: CHF 26,250

Three-piece, bezels and bow engraved with foliate pattern, gold hinged cuvette, back with engraved initials. Silver, aperture for the Arabic hours, above sector for the minutes, the top with apertures for days of the week, date and months. 37 mm.(17'''), 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to all positions and temperature with Breguet balance spring.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Signed on dial, case and movement. DIAM. 45 mm. THICKNESS 7.5 mm. This watch is illustrated in The Jurgensen Dynasty by John Knudsen, p. 308 and 309.