Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 77
URBAN JURGENSEN QUARTER REPEAT WITH DOUBLE WHEEL DUPLEX ESCAPEMENT YELLOW GOLD Urban Jurgensen, Copenhagen, No. 598, No. 277. Made circa 1800. A fine, early and very rare, quarter repeating 18k yellow gold pocket watch with double duplex. Accompanied by an invoice from Beyer Zurich dated 1978.
CHF 800 - 1,400
HKD 6,400 - 11,200 / USD 830 - 1,500
Sold: CHF 2,500
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. 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: A |
Good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-33-01 |
Good Restored HANDS Original |