Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 130

?Split-Seconds? Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, No. 15525, Made circa 1900. Fine minute repeating 18K pink gold keyless pocket watch with split seconds chronograph, register and Jürgensen?s patent hand setting mechanism.

HKD 110,000 - 130,000

EUR 11,000 - 14,000 / USD 14,000 - 17,000

Sold: HKD 155,250

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, the back cover engraved with amonogram, five-bar hinges. Dedicated hinged gold cuvette.D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and concentric redpainted fifth of seconds indexes, outer Arabic fiveminute/second numerals, subsidiary seconds at 6, 30-minute register at 12.Blackened Breguet hands. M. 18???, rhodium plated, 32 jewels,straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, bluedsteel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator, repeatingon two gongs activated by a slide in the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 52.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Jules Frédéric Jürgensen (1808-1877). The son of Urban Jürgensen, and a very eminent watchmaker himself. Jules 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. Three years later, in 1833 Jules returned to Le Locle and built up a great business. His family business was carried out by his brother and in 1886 was sold to one of the employees, H. Kiens., and was then carried on by his sons, Jules (1837-1894) and Jacques Alfred (1842-1912) and later by the House of Heuer. Jürgensen had many titles and honors, became watchmaker to the King of Denmark, was made a Knight of the Légion d?Honneur and Knight of the Royal Order of Dannebrog. Between 1870 and 1876 he was a member of the commission of surveillance of the Geneva School of Horology, along with Ekegren, Potter and others; he was a member of many commissions in Switzerland judging different horological contests. He was apparently considered in Switzerland to be one of the best watchmakers. He stamped most of his watches on the pillar plate under the dial: Jules Jürgensen of Copenhagen. The present watch was previously sold by Antiquorum, November 11, 2001, lot 264