Lot 144

Jacques Alfred Jürgensen, Copenhagen, Movement No. 1364, Case No. 1364, 55 mm, 146 g, circa 1878
A gold minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with split seconds chronograph
Case: 18k rose gold, monogrammed, glazed movement. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
This watch is illustrated and described in detail in Urban Juergensen & Soenner by John M. R. Knudsen, Copenhagen 2003, page 341.
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.

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