Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
LOT 40
Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen, No. 15544, Swiss, circa 1890.
CHF 15,000 - 18,000
Sold: CHF 19,550
Fine 18k pink gold minute repeating keyless watch. Four body massive "demi-bassine et filets" polished case. Gold cuvette engine turned on the edge. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Glazed nickel-plated 18''' movement, "à vagues" decoration 29 jewels, 3 gold screwed settings. equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. Special Jules Jurgensen patented hand-setting device by means of the folding bow. Signed on the dial and the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 52 mm.
