107th Auction
2022/11/19
Lot 3
Larpent & Jürgensen
A rare Copenhagen precision pocket watch with regulator dial and cylinder escapement.
Sold
estimated
4.500—8.000 €
Price realized
2.500 €
specific features
Case
Silver, polished.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Full plate movement, keywind, large barrel, three-arm brass balance.
Diam.57 mm
Circa1803
Ctry.Denmark
Wt.137 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.