Jules Jürgensen. A fine and rare 18K pink gold half hunter case minute repeating chronograph keyless lever watch

SIGNED JULES JÜRGENSEN, COPENHAGEN, NO. 14731, MANUFACTURED IN 1887

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Jules Jürgensen. A fine and rare 18K pink gold half hunter case minute repeating chronograph keyless lever watch
Signed Jules Jürgensen, Copenhagen, No. 14731, manufactured in 1887
Cal. 17''' nickel-finished fully jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, repeating on two polished steel hammers onto a gong, patented bow setting, gold cuvette with engine-turned border and engraved inscription Sidney S. Jordan to the inside, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer red and black fifths of a second divisions, blued steel moon-style hands, subsidiary seconds, in circular plain case with inlaid black enamel Roman numerals to the aperture in the front, repeating slide and chronograph button in the band, case, cuvette, dial and movement signed
50 mm. diam.

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Accompanied by Jules Jürgensen original certificate no. 14731 dated April 1887, original fitted rosewood presentation box and short length of pink gold chain. Furthermore delivered with a copy of the original worksheet confirming total cost of SFr. 1,167.95. The case was originally made with the engraved initials G.R.W. which have been removed to a later date.

According to the records of the Musée de l'Horlogerie du Locle, the present watch is part of a series of only six examples of this type manufactured by Jürgensen between 1887 and 1888, all cased differently. Its ébauche was made by the renowned Piguet Frères.