Jules Jurgensen and Patek Philippe. One 18K gold and enamel openface minute repeating split-second chronograph keyless lever watch and one fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel openface minute repeating keyless lever pendant watch

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

THE FIRST, SIGNED JULES JURGENSEN, COPENHAGEN, NO. 15361, CIRCA 1890; THE SECOND, SIGNED PATEK PHILIPPE & CO, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, MOVEMENT NO. 138108, CASE NO. 253460, CIRCA 1907

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Jules Jurgensen and Patek Philippe. One 18K gold and enamel openface minute repeating split-second chronograph keyless lever watch and one fine and unusual 18K gold and enamel openface minute repeating keyless lever pendant watch
The first, signed Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen, No. 15361, circa 1890; the second, signed Patek Philippe & Co, Geneva, Switzerland, Movement No. 138108, Case No. 253460, circa 1907
The first, with nickel-finished jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, glazed dust cover, factory engraved gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer track in red calibrated for 60 units with Arabic five-minute divisions, moon-style hands, two subsidiary dials indicating 30 minute register and constant seconds, the circular case with red, dark blue and light blue enamel monogram and French phrase Avise La Fin to the engine-turned hinged back, split-second chronograph operated by a rectangular button in the band and one through the crown, minute repeat slide in the band, case, dial and movement signed; the second, with nickel-finished jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, engraved inscription to the gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minutes track with five-minute divisions in red, blued steel spade hands, subsidary seconds, the circular case with red, dark blue and light blue enamel monogram and French phrase Avise La Fin to the engine-turned hinged back, repeat slide in the band, case, dial and movement signed
53 mm. and 33 mm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

The first watch is accompanied by its orginal Jules Jurgensen Certificate of Origin and setting instructions as well as a wooden Jules Jurgensen fitted presentation box with spare crystals.

The present lot is very interesting in that it contains two watches given by a husband and wife to one another. The minute repeating split-second chronograph pocket watch bears a monogram reading 'CLD' and the minute repeating pendant watch bears the monogram 'LMD'. Both watches feature the French phrase 'Avise La Fin', meaning 'warning of the end' and both monograms are executed in the same style.
The Jules Jurgensen watch has an unusual setting system where, once the hinged back is open, the pendant is bent down to the cuvette in order to release the hands to move them.

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