Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003

LOT 434

Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, made in Switzerland, No. 4, circa 1870.Very fine and very curious 18K gold hunting cased keyless pocket watch in original wooden fitted box.

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,500 - 4,800 / USD 3,700 - 5,200

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine turned, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 42 mm (19'''), nickel, 21 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, off-center regulator with Jürgensen patented scale, Jürgensen patented bow setting mechanism.Signed and numbered on dial, case and movement.Diam. 50 mm


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3
Movement: 3*
Dial: 3 - 6 - 01

Notes

The watch is very curious in the fact that it bears No. 4. Jürgensen's watches from this period bear numbers in the range of 11000.It appears that Jürgensen decided to make a new series. It could be that it was a short, special series, or it that he abandoned it soon after starting it and returned to his old numbering system. However, in about 1920 the company introduced new numbering system.