Lot 39

J. Alfred Jürgensen

An impressive, fine minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with split seconds chronograph and patented Juergensen bow setting - with certificate of Urban Jürgensen & Sönner company, issued on 2/19/1996

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Jacques Alfred Jürgensen was born on May 17, 1842 and died on June 30, 1912 in his house in Yverdon; he was the youngest son of Jules Jürgensen I. He initially worked in his father’s company where he was eventually given his own studio within Jules Jürgensen and began making watches under his own name. The company Jacques Alfred Jürgensen was established in 1865. From 1865 to 1896 Jacques Alfred produced about 2200 timepieces, some of them with a different signature. After his brother’s death he took over the management of both companies and merged them again on January 1, 1898 under the name Jules Jürgensen.

Jacques Alfred Jürgensen, owner of the Jules Jürgensen company, signed the watches with his own name between 1865 and about 1877. However, the suppliers and watchmakers were the same as at Jules Jürgensen. The quality was at its highest level at this time. After 1877, Jacques Alfred Jürgensen again provided his products with the probably better-known signature "Jules Jürgensen".