Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 294

Micromodul? Urban Jürgensen, Copenhagen, ?Perpetual Calendar?, No. 048, case No. 5324, Ref. 3. Made circa 2000. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 44-hour power reserve and an Urban Jürgensen buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped rounded bezel, teardrop lugs, sapphire crystal. D. ?Guilloché? silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary dial for the date at 6, sector for the up-and-down indicator below 12, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "Jürgensen" hands. M. Cal. 5071, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 40 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock-absorber, eccentric 21K gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 7 mm.