Manufacturer: Jules Jürgensen
Year: Circa 1940s
Movement No: 16'827
Case No: 16'827
Material: Platinum
Calibre: Manual, cal. 17''', 31 jewels
Dimensions: 44.5mm Diameter
Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
Accessories: Accompanied by platinum chain with pendant and fitted wooden presentation box
Catalogue Essay
The Urban Jürgensen brand is one of the oldest in the world, and arguably the most famous name in Danish watchmaking. Named after its eponymous founder (Urban Jürgensen, 1776-1830, universally recognised as the most important Danish watchmaker of all time), the company stayed tied to the Jürgensen family well into the 20th century, but over the centuries there were other Jürgensen watchmaking companies, created by the various descendant of Urban. One of them is the presently exemplified Jules Jürgensen - created by Urban’s son Jules Frederic in in the mid 1800s. The company then passed to Jules’ son - Jules II - and for the rest of the century worked closely with the “Jacques Alfred Jürgensen Lelocle” watchmaking company - created by Jaques Alfred, also son of Jules and thus brother to Jules II - before the two merged around 1897.

It was during this time that the company reached the peak of its fame, so much so that one of the most famous collectors of all times, Henry Graves Jr., had commissioned a pocket chronometer (dated 1938). And it indeed is from this epoch that this supremely refined timepiece comes from. Featuring a sublime platinum case coupled with an incredibly legible dial sporting blued Breguet numerals and blued Breguet hands, this repeater truly represents one of the pinnacles of watchmaking of the time. The presence of its original fitted wooden presentation box adds further appeal to this superb timepiece.