JULES JÜRGENSEN. AN EXTREMELY FINE AND IMPORTANT LARGE AND HEAVY 18K GOLD OPENFACE MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND JÜRGENSEN’S PATENTED BOW HAND-SETTING, WINNER OF A GRAND PRIX AT...

JULES JÜRGENSEN. AN EXTREMELY FINE AND IMPORTANT LARGE AND HEAVY 18K GOLD OPENFACE MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND JÜRGENSEN’S PATENTED BOW HAND-SETTING, WINNER OF A GRAND PRIX AT THE EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS 1900

SIGNED JULES JURGENSEN, COPENHAGEN, NO. 15'291, MANUFACTURED IN 1899
Movement: Cal. 19’’’, manual, fully jewelled, bimetallic compensation balance, repeating on two gongs, Jürgensen’s patented bow setting, split second chronograph mechanism operated by a button in the band and by depressing the crown
Dial: White enamel
Case: Polished, repeating slide in the band, glazed dust cover, hinged gold cuvette, 57 mm. diam.
With: A copy of the original worksheet detailing the workers who made the watch for the 1900 Paris Exhibition

Provenance
Sotheby's Geneva, 15 May, 2002, lot 125 (CHF456,150).