Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
LOT 78
Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen, No. 14338, Swiss, circa 1880.
CHF 30,000 - 35,000
Sold: CHF 39,100
Rare 18k pink gold hait hunting cased, minute repeating keyless watch with chronograph. Four body massive "bassine et filets" polished case with black champlevé Roman numerals around the dial aperture. Gold glazed cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer red Arabic minute and chronograph rings and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Fine nickel plated 16" movement, 29 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. The visible chronograph work with a push piece on the band. Jules Jurgensen patented hand-setting device by means of the folding bow. Signed on the dial, the case and the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 44 mm.
