J. & H. Jump, London, No. 519, second half of XIXth century. Very elegant 18 ct. gold and silver key wind watch with eccentric dial. | Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 17th October 1992

Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992

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J. & H. Jump, London, No. 519, second half of XIXth century. Very elegant 18 ct. gold and silver key wind watch with eccentric dial.

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 4,140

C. Four body, forme quatre baguettes, engine-turned with silver band. Gold cuvette. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on an eccentric polished chapter. Gold Breguet hands. M. 15.5?, frosted and giIt, bar caliber, 12 jewels, going barrel with a female winding hole, English lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, balance spring with terminal curve. Signed on the movement. In excellent condition with a gold ratchet male key. Diam. 41 mm.

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Following the death of John Ferguson Cole, Jump became known as the English "Breguet". With the gold and silver case, forme quatre baguettes, , engine-turned à grains d'orge, the eccentric engineturned silver dial, and the ratchet male key. This watch in very much in the style of the watches produced by Breguet from 1815.