98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 155
Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, Movement No. 10190, Case No. 10190, 53 mm, 152 g, circa 1866
A heavy five-minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with stoppable "seconde foudrayante" and stoppable centre seconds
Case: 18k gold, dedication engraving. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, 2 barrels, screw compensation balance.
Jules Juergensen (1808-1877) born in Le Locle 1808 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.
Lit.: E. Fallet, La mesure du temps en mer et les horlogers suisses, 1995, 79-81.
A heavy five-minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with stoppable "seconde foudrayante" and stoppable centre seconds
Case: 18k gold, dedication engraving. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, 2 barrels, screw compensation balance.
Jules Juergensen (1808-1877) born in Le Locle 1808 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.
Lit.: E. Fallet, La mesure du temps en mer et les horlogers suisses, 1995, 79-81.
estimated
15.000—18.000 €
Price realized
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