Danish minute repeating watch with split seconds Circa 1878

Gold hunting cased pocket watch by Jacques Alfred Jürgensen
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A Danish gold minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch with split seconds chronograph, circa 1878.
18 carat rose gold case, monogrammed, glazed movement. Signed white enamel dial, Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic numerals for the minutes, subsidiary dial for the seconds, split-seconds chronograph. Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Weight: 146 g
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Signed: Jacques Alfred Jürgensen, Copenhagen
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This watch is illustrated and described in detail in Urban Juergensen & Soenner by John M. R. Knudsen, Copenhagen 2003, page 341.

Jacques Alfred Jürgensen was born on May 17, 1842 and died on June 30, 1912 in his house in Yverdon; he was the youngest son of Jules Jürgensen I. He initially worked in his father’s company where he was eventually given his own studio within Jules Jürgensen and began making watches under his own name. The company Jacques Alfred Jürgensen was established in 1865. From 1865 to 1896 Jacques Alfred produced about 2200 timepieces, some of them with a different signature. After his brother’s death he took over the management of both companies and merged them again on January 1, 1898 under the name Jules Jürgensen.