Danish very fine heavy minute repeating pocket watch circa 1873

Gold minute repeater by Jules Jürgensen
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A very fine, heavy Danish minute repeating hunting cased pocket watch, circa 1873.
18 carat rose gold, tiered, polished, à goutte case with slide for repeating mechanism, case maker’s punch mark “JJ”, glazed movement and inner lid with dedication engraving: “Amos Lawrence Hopkins, 1881“. Signed enamel dial with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds and blued Breguet hands. Bridge movement, rhodium-plated, with “Geneva striping” decoration, two hammers / two gongs, gold screw compensation balance and counterpoised lever.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 144 g
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Signed: Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen
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Amos Lawrence Hopkins
Amos Lawrence Hopkins was a railroad investor and officer, affiliated with the Jay Gould organization until 1889, when he retired to Williamstown (where he had been born) and acquired extensive land holdings. He returned to the railroad business in the 1890s and became President of the New York, Susquehanna,and Western Railroad Company, and receiver of the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad.