Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 137

?5-Minute-Repeating? Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, No. 12641. Made in Switzerland circa 1870. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 5-minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with Jürgensen?s patent bow hand setting.

USD 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 3,000 - 4,500

Sold: USD 8,260

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", solid, polished, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blueed steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 21???, ?maillechort?, 33 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, Jürgensen's patented bow hand setting mechanism, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed, cuvette signed: ?Patent 1867 January 15?. Diam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3-9*

Good

Scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-53-01

Good

Reprinted

HANDS Original

Notes

Jules Frédéric Jürgensen (1808-1877) The son of Urban Jürgensen, he was born in Le Locle but as a child moved with his parents to Denmark. In 1830, after the death of his father, the company was taken over by Jules and his brother Louis Urban. In 1833, Jules returned to Le Locle and built up an important business. He stamped most of his watches on the pillar plate under the dial: Jules Jürgensen of Copenhagen.