Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 421
J. Alfred Jurgensen of Copenhagen, Locle, Switzerland, No. 1128, circa 1875. Fine 18 ct. gold keyless pocket chronometer.
CHF 6,000 - 7,000
C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets", polished. Gold cuvette, engine-turned on the border. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M.19"', nickel plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 15 jewels, pivoted detent escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Special hand-setting by the folding bow, patented by Jules Jurgensen, 15 January, 1867. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 52 mm.
