Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993

LOT 349

Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen No. 13681, Swiss, circa 1850. Fine 18 ct. gold hunting cased, keyless five minute repeating watch with chronograph..

C. Four body, "bassine et filet", engine-turned Gold cuvette engine-turned on the border. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer red Arabic minute and chronograph ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Berguet" hands.M. 20-, nickel plated, "à vagues" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Chronograph with visible work and push piece in the band. Special Jules Jurgensen, hand setting device by means of the folding bow, patented on 15 January 1867. Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.