Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Oct 15, 1989
LOT 364
Jules Jurgensen No. 14118, circa 1887. Good 18-carat pink gold hunting cased minute repeating watch with chronograph.
CHF 12,000 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 21,850
Four body massive "bassine et filet" polished case. Gold cuvette engine-turned on the edge and engraved with a dedication dated 1887. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Fine 18"' nickel plated movement "à vague" decoration, 32 jewels, gold screwed setting, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. The chronograph with a visible work and a push piece on the band. Special patented Jules Jurgensen hand setting device by means of the benting bow. Diam. 58 mm.
