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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 87

Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, Swiss, No. 15627, circa 1895.Fine 18K gold keyless, minute repeating watch.

C. Four-body, massive, 'bassine et filets', polished, the back cover with applied enameled monogram, gold hinged cuvette decorated with engine-turned circular strap.D. White enamel snap-on with Roman numerals, outer minute ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold 'Louis XV' hands. M. 17???, nickel plated, 31 jewels, the center and the repeater mainspring arbor jewels in gold settings, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Jules Jürgensen?s patented hand-setting mechanism by means of the folding bow patented on 15 January 1867.Signed on the dial, case, and movement, back cover stamped inside with Jules Jürgensen hallmark.Diam. 57 mm.