Geneva, Nov 06, 2021
LOT 139
JULES JÜRGENSEN, 18K GOLD MINUTE
REPEATING SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
HKD 59,000 - 76,000 / USD 7,600 - 9,800 / EUR 6,600 - 8,400
Sold: CHF 21,250
Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, open face keyless
pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and register. Champagne
matte dial with Roman cubic numerals and Breguet cubic hands. Two
subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds and 30-minute register,
polished case with a button in the band to activate the split seconds,
the chronograph activated by a button in the bow, chronograph locking
mechanism in the band, repeating on two coiled steel gongs activated
by a slide on the band.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Brand Jules Jurgensen
Year Circa 1910
Movement No. 17318
Case No. 17318
Caliber 18”’, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 41 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, adjusted cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator
Dimensions 48 mm
Signature Dial, Case and Movement
Notes
Jules Frédéric Jürgensen (1808-1877) The son of Urban Jürgensen, and a very eminent watchmaker himself, Jules was born in Le Locle but as a
child moved with his parents to Denmark. In 1830, after the death of his father, the company was taken over by Jules and his brother Louis Urban.
In 1833, Jules returned to Le Locle and built up a great business. After his death, the family business was continued by his brother and in 1886 it was sold to an employee, H. Kiens, whose sons, Jules 1837-1894 and Jacques Alfred 1842-1912, continued the business, as did the House of Heuer subsequently. Jürgensen became watchmaker to the King of Denmark, and was made a Knight of the Légion d?Honneur and Knight of the Royal Order of Dannebrog. Between 1870 and 1876 he was a member of the commission of surveillance of the Geneva School of Horology, along with Ekegren and Potter and others; he was a member of many commissions in Switzerland judging horological contests. He stamped most of his watches on the pillar plate under the dial: Jules Jürgensen of Copenhagen.
In 1833, Jules returned to Le Locle and built up a great business. After his death, the family business was continued by his brother and in 1886 it was sold to an employee, H. Kiens, whose sons, Jules 1837-1894 and Jacques Alfred 1842-1912, continued the business, as did the House of Heuer subsequently. Jürgensen became watchmaker to the King of Denmark, and was made a Knight of the Légion d?Honneur and Knight of the Royal Order of Dannebrog. Between 1870 and 1876 he was a member of the commission of surveillance of the Geneva School of Horology, along with Ekegren and Potter and others; he was a member of many commissions in Switzerland judging horological contests. He stamped most of his watches on the pillar plate under the dial: Jules Jürgensen of Copenhagen.