$33,350
Urban Jürgensen, Copenhagen, No. 150082. Produced in the late 1990s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman’s wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, 50-hour autonomy, triple date, moon phases and a platinum Urban Jürgensen buckle. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded stepped bezel, teardrop lugs, sapphire crystal. "Guilloché" black with silver painted radial Roman numerals on an outer plain reserve, subsidiary silver ring dials for theseconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, apertures for the days of the week, of the month, the months and the moon phases. White gold "Breguet" hands. Cal. 410Z, rhodium plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial and case signed.Diam. 40 mm. Notes "Chronomètre à Résonance" An exceptional and unique creation in chronometer engineering, the Resonance System Chronometer exhibits the so-called resonance, a phenomenon of physics duly applied to the science of horology. A world first, this wristwatch uses two entirely independent movements which inter-operate in harmony with each other for a wearing precision that exceeds the established limits for mechanical wristwatches. The physical phenomenon of resonance forms an integral part of our daily lives, yet we scarcely pay any attention to it. When searching for a specific prog
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-09-22
