106th Auction
2022/5/21
Lot 336
Jules Jürgensen
A heavy hunting case pocket watch - lever chronometer with patented hand setting device via pendant
estimated
3.000—4.000 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
18 K gold, engine-turned, glazed movement.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, ébauche: Piguet Frères, large gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.13621 11635
Diam.53 mm
Circa1868
Ctry.Denmark
Wt.140 g
Jules Juergensen (1808-1877) was born in Le Locle as son of the watchmacker Urban Jürgensen (grandson of Jacques-Frédéric Houriet). In Kopenhagen Juergensen 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.
Source: "La mesure du temps en mer et les horlogers suisses" by E. Fallet, 1995, p. 79-81.