Danish minute repeating split seconds chronograph Circa 1899

Very fine gold minute repeating pocket watch
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A heavy Danish 18 carat gold minute repeating open face cased keyless pocket watch with a split-second chronograph, circa 1899. A polished case, hinged gold cuvette
White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outer Arabic five minute numbers and red 1/5 second markers, subsidiary seconds at 6 and blued steel Breguet hands. Rhodium-plated movement, 32 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Jules Jürgensen patent bow setting. Signed dial and movement.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 132 g
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Signed: Jules Jürgensen  Copenhagen
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On March 16, 1932 The Rifle and Revolver Club, New York presented Horace F. Barrett with this watch, this we can tell from the engraving on the inner lid, although we do not know what the exact reason for this fine gift was. One half of the movement seems to be almost “packed” with steel chronograph parts.
A nearly identical watch is illustrated in “The Jürgensen Dynasty” by John M. R. Knudsen, publisher Urban Jürgensen & Sönner 2013
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.
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Reference: 0030000