Yellow gold open faced minute repeating watch Circa 1895
- Kenmerk
- SA1008
- Diameter
- 53 mm
- Estimate
- € 5.250 - 9.500
- Price sold
- € 4.200
Gold open faced minute repeating watch
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An 18k yellow gold open faced minute repeating watch, circa 1895, highly jeweled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, Jürgensen patented bow setting, gold cuvette. White enamel dial, subsidiary seconds.
Polished case, minute repeat activated through a slide in the band with associated pull chain, hinged back.
The case, dial, cuvette and movement are signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: J. Alfred Jürgensen
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Jacques Alfred Jürgensen was the son of the great 19th Century watchmaker Jules Jürgensen. When his father died in 1877, he and his brother Jules-Urban took control of the business.
In 1890 he began his own eponymous firm in Le Locle and would go on to win many awards for pocket chronometers and various complicated pieces. In 1897 he closed the firm when he bought back his father’s company, Jules Jürgensen, from his sister-in-law.It is clear from the use of the bow-setting system of the present lot that J. Alfred Jürgensen continued to employ some of the technical developments created by his father.
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An 18k yellow gold open faced minute repeating watch, circa 1895, highly jeweled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, Jürgensen patented bow setting, gold cuvette. White enamel dial, subsidiary seconds.
Polished case, minute repeat activated through a slide in the band with associated pull chain, hinged back.
The case, dial, cuvette and movement are signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Signed: J. Alfred Jürgensen
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Jacques Alfred Jürgensen was the son of the great 19th Century watchmaker Jules Jürgensen. When his father died in 1877, he and his brother Jules-Urban took control of the business.
In 1890 he began his own eponymous firm in Le Locle and would go on to win many awards for pocket chronometers and various complicated pieces. In 1897 he closed the firm when he bought back his father’s company, Jules Jürgensen, from his sister-in-law.It is clear from the use of the bow-setting system of the present lot that J. Alfred Jürgensen continued to employ some of the technical developments created by his father.
Signed: J. Alfred Jürgensen
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