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Urban Jürgensen & Sønner Copenhagen/Derek Pratt
A MASSIVE AND RARE GOLD HUNTING CASED MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR KEYLESS LEVER SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WATCH WITH MOON-PHASES AND 30-MINUTE REGISTER NO 3014 CIRCA 1985
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50,000 — 70,000
CHF
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Urban Jürgensen & Sønner Copenhagen/Derek Pratt
A MASSIVE AND RARE GOLD HUNTING CASED MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR KEYLESS LEVER SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WATCH WITH MOON-PHASES AND 30-MINUTE REGISTER NO 3014 CIRCA 1985
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50,000 — 70,000
CHF
LOT SOLD. 70,000 CHF
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Urban Jürgensen & Sønner Copenhagen/Derek Pratt
A MASSIVE AND RARE GOLD HUNTING CASED MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR KEYLESS LEVER SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH WATCH WITH MOON-PHASES AND 30-MINUTE REGISTER NO 3014 CIRCA 1985
• highly jewelled silver finished côte de Genève decorated lever movement with visible split seconds mechanism (ebauche by Louis Elysee Piguet), repeating with two hammers on two gongs, large bi-metallic balance, steel spiral spring with overcoil and swan neck precision regulation, •silver engine-turned dial, with frosted and circular satin finished chapter ring, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, four subsidiary dials for day, months calibrated for four year leap cycle, date and subsidiary seconds combined with moon-phases• heavy 18k gold plain hunting case with “à goutte” and knuckle hinge, glazed cuvette, two push buttons for split second chronograph mechanism, repeat slide to the band • case, dial and movement signed

 


diameter 60.5 mm
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Catalogue Note

Accompanied by a copy of John M. R. Knudsen, The Jürgensen Dynasty and a copy of the catalogue of Urban Jürgensen & Sønner from c. 1992.

According to unofficial documents from the company, no. 3014 belongs to a very small series of approximately 18 pocket watch movements that have different complications – the present watch is similar to one other watch, no. 3015, however, this watch is unique since no. 3015 has a different calendar mechanism with apertures for day and date rather than the subsidiary dial layout found on the present watch. These movements (and others) were included when Peter Baumberger acquired Urban Jürgensen. The movements were then finished and regulated by the famous Urban Jürgensen & Sønner master watchmaker Derek Pratt between 1980 and 1990.

Derek Pratt is regarded as one of the most important watchmakers of the second half of the 20th century. He was a close friend of George Daniels. They were cooperating in several projects. It was Derek who arranged the sale of Daniel’s co-axial escapement to Omega.

For similar complicated pocket watches by Derek Pratt for Urban Jürgensen & Sønner see Derek Pratt, Watchmaker, British Horological Institute Ltd 2012 p.102 and John M. R. Knudsen, 2013 The Jürgensen Dynasty, 2013 pp. 322 and 323

 

 

 

 

 

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