Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991
LOT 430
Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen No.15062, Swiss, circa 1880. Very fine 18 ct. pink gold hunting-cased minute-repeating keyless watch.
CHF 9,000 - 11,000
Sold: CHF 10,350
C. Four body, massive, "bassine", polished, Gold cuvette, engine-turned on the edge. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 18"', nickeled, "fausses côtes" decoration, 32 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band.Special hand-setting by the folding bow, patented by Jules Jiirgensen, 15 January, 1867. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In good condition. Diam. 47 mm.
