9,775 CHF
Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, made in Switzerland, No. 12075, circa 1870. Very fine and rare 18K gold, keyless subsidiary split-seconds pocket watch with Jürgensen’s bow setting . Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, back engraved with initials, reeded band, gold hinged glazed cuvette. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, sunk subsidiary split-seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes This is very rare form of split-seconds, of which Jules Jürgensen apparently made very few examples. Among them is No. 9508, which changed the history of the chronograph see Antiquorum 30th Anniversary sale, April 24, 2004, lot 76.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14