107th Auction
2022/11/19
Lot 1
Larpent & Jürgensen
An early and rare Copenhagen pocket watch with cylinder escapement
Sold
estimated
2.200—4.000 €
Price realized
1.800 €
specific features
Case
18 K rose gold, polished, case maker's punch mark "FF" (jeweller to the court Fridrich Fabritius, 1740-1829).
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Full plate movement, chain/fusee, keywind, three-arm brass balance.
Diam.55 mm
Circa1792
Ctry.Denmark
Wt.110 g
Jörgen Jürgensen (1748-1811) was the father of the renowned watchmaker Urban Juergensen; he started a watchmaking factory in Kopenhagen in 1775 and went into partnership with Isaac Larpent in 1780. From then on the company operated under the name "Larpent & Juergensen" in Roskilde.