Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Oct 15, 1989
LOT 246
Urban Jurgensen, Copenhagen, No. 565, circa 1820. Very fine 18-carat gold quarter repeating watch with a special escapement.
CHF 24,000 - 28,000
Three body massive "Empire" engine-turned case with reeded bezel and band. Gilt brass cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel hands, the hour one set with a gold dot. Gilt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, typical Jurgensen gold and steel double wheel duplex escapement visible through a circular aperture on the back plate, plain gilt brass three armed balance with a ruby endstone. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. In mint condition. Diam. 59 mm.
