JULES JÜRGENSEN

JULES JÜRGENSEN, SWITZERLAND, FIVE MINUTE REPEATER POCKET WATCH AND PATENTED HAND-SETTING BY FOLDING BOW, 18K PINK GOLD
A very fine and rare, 18k pink gold, manual wind five-minute repeating, keyless pocket watch with Jurgensen's patented bow hand-setting mechanism.
Brand: Jules Jürgensen, Switzerland
Year: Circa 1878
Case: 15436
Movement: 13857
Caliber: 19''', nickel plated, calibrated straightline lever escapement, upper pivots of escape wheel and lever fork with gold-jewel chatons, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with terminal curve, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band.
Diameter: 52 mm.
Signature: Dial, case and movement

Grading System: AAA (Excellent)
Case: 3-8 (Good , Slightly scratched)
Dial: 3-01 (Good , HANDS Original)
Movement: 3-6-8* (Good , Slightly oxidized , Slightly scratched , Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense)

HKD: 26,000 - 52,000
USD: 3,400 - 6,700
EUR: 3,100 - 6,200

To be sold without reserve

Movement based on the American invention patent No. 61 207, delivered on 15 January, 1867, to Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen and Le Locle, for a “Improvement in stem setting watches” and on the American invention patent No. 161 239, delivered on 23 March, 1875, to Jules F. U. Jürgensen, Le Locle, for a “Stem-setting Watch”.

Jules Jürgensen’s patented hand-setting
For setting the hands, throw up the glass cover and turn the pendant bow close down upon the glass. In this position the winding crown sets the hands. In all other positions the crown winds as usual.
Size: 52 mm.
Signature: Dial, case and movement