Massive Danish silver deck chronometer with chronograph Circa 1879

Silver watch in engine-turned case
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A massive silver deck chronometer with chronograph, circa 1879. An engine-turned silver case, pink gold hinges, polished band, hinged cuvette engraved with ‘Jules Jurgensens Copenhagen with apertures for winding and hand-setting. One push button at 12 o’clock on the band for start/stop chronograph. White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and fifths of second chronograph divisions, Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds and blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, Harrison’s maintaining power, Maltese coss stop work, steel escape wheel, steel anchor, large and heavy bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature adjustment screws, gold mean time nuts, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed.
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Diameter: 66 mm
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Signed: Jules Jurgsensen  Copenhagen
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This watch is illustrated in The Jurgensen Dynasty by John Knudsen.