Exceptional Horological Works of Art

Geneva, Oct 19, 2002

LOT 7

Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, made in Switzerland, No. 15172, circa 1895. Very fine and rare 18K gold hunting-cased keyless minute-repeating watch with split-seconds chronograph and 60-minute register.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, gold hinged cuvette with engine-turned edge. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost red seconds track, five-minute/seconds Arabic mar-kers. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 43 mm. (19???), nickel, 38 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator with Jürgensen?s patented scale, chronograph set on the back plate, Jürgensen?s bow setting, split seconds mechanism under the dial, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band. Signed on dial, case and movement. Diam. 54 mm.