Geneva, Nov 09, 2025
LOT 640
JULES JURGENSEN, SWITZERLAND, MINUTE REPEATING SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH, 18K YELLOW GOLD
CHF 8,000 - 14,000
HKD 78,000 - 136,000 / USD 10,000 - 17,500 / EUR 8,600 - 15,100 / JPY 1,520,000 - 2,660,000
Sold: CHF 11,875
A very fine and rare, 18k yellow gold, manual wind open face keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and register. Champagne matte dial with Arabic numerals and blue steel 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: 3-6-8-29** |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched Lacking elements Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Jules Jurgensen, Switzerland
Year Circa 1910
Movement No. 17320
Case No. 17320
Diameter 46 mm.
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
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.