Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 76
URBAN JURGENSEN QUARTER REPEAT WITH DOUBLE WHEEL DUPLEX ESCAPEMENT PINK GOLD Urban Jurgensen, Copenhagen, No. 643. Made circa 1805. A fine, early and very rare, quarter repeating 18k pink gold pocket watch with double duplex.
CHF 800 - 1,200
HKD 6,400 - 10,000 / USD 830 - 1,300
Sold: CHF 2,750
Four-body, bassine, trois pommes, reeded bezels and band, engine-turned back with reeded border. hinged gold cuvette, gilt dust cover. Enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel breguet hands. 50 mm., matte gilt full-plate, turned cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain with maintaining power, jeweled duplex escapement, three- arm gold balance, flat balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 4-25-33-01 |
Fair Chipped Restored HANDS Original |