Gold Jules Jurgensen watch with quarter repeater Circa 1870

Gold Jules Jurgensen pocket watch with quarter repeater
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A Swiss pocket watch by Jules Jurgensen with smooth bezel, white dial with black Arabic numeral hour markers, black hands, one subdial for seconds, and fluted crown at top. A slide on the side to activate the quarter repeater. Patented Saturn bow.
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Signed: Jules Jurgensen
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Jules Jürgensen 1808-1877
He was born in Le Locle 1808 as son of the watchmaker Urban Jürgensen (grandson of Jacques-Frédéric Houriet). In Copenhagen Jurgensen received his training in the watchmaking business of his family and in addition studied mathematics, astronomy, and foreign languages. Shortly after the death of Jacques-Frédéric Houriet, Juergensen went to Switzerland and opened a watch manufactory in Le Locle. His precision watches gained worldwide recognition.