Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 153
URBAN JURGENSEN THE VIRGIN MARY DRESS WATCH YELLOW GOLD ENAMEL AND DIAMONDS Urban Jurgen & Sonner, Switzerland, No. 5454. Made circa 1923. Very fine, thin, keyless, 18k yellow gold, diamond and enamel Art Nouveau dress watch
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
HKD 32,000 - 48,000 / USD 4,200 - 6,300
Three-body, solid, brushed, bezels with enamel blue and white borders, band with engraved floral motif, hinged caseback with pillar motif engraved caseback, guilloche enamel with bow decoration bordered by rose-cut diamonds, centered with the virgin Mary. Champagne with painted arabic numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. Rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, wolf's tooth winding, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-8-01 |
Good Slightly scratched HANDS Original |