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Lot Essay
This superb Urban Jürgensen reference 1140RG in Rose Gold with a dark brown dial epitomizes handmade luxury watchmaking. With great proportions and elegance, the exceptional finishing throughout is immediately evident.
The stunning brown dial with applied pink gold hour markers is classic Urban Jürgensen and is entirely handmade using the traditional engine-turning process called 'guillochage' in French on a solid silver plate. It requires up to 700 operations and a full 2 days of work to complete each dial. Jürgensen’s instantly recognizable hands too are handmade. The case is no less complex to manufacture and features Jürgensen’s signature individually soldered teardrop lugs, an extremely skilled and painstaking process which remains a trade secret. The movement calibre P4 with large twin-barrels is manufactured by Jean-Francois Mojon of Chronode, exclusively for Urban Jürgensen. It features a stop-seconds mechanism which allows precise time setting, the two barrels provide up to 72 hours of power reserve. Finished with ‘cotes de Genève’ and superb anglage, this pink gold reference 1140 will impress even the most exacting of collectors with its gorgeous handmade aesthetic.
The Jürgensen dynasty of watchmakers
Among the world's greatest watchmakers of the 18th and 19th centuries, members of the Jürgensen family, notably Urban and Jules, worked alongside other horological geniuses such as Houriet, Breguet and Arnold, and have greatly contributed to the development of watchmaking.
The family's roots stretch back to eighteenth century Denmark and Jurgen Jürgensen (1745-1811), founder of the dynasty. The most eminent watchmakers amongst his descendants are undisputedly his son Urban (1776-1830) and Urban's sons Louis Urban (1806-1867) and Jules-Frederik Jürgensen (1808-1877). The latter two continued their father's business by founding Urban Jürgensen & Sønner in Switzerland. Jules moved to Switzerland while his brother Louis was in charge of the factory in Copenhagen.
The stunning brown dial with applied pink gold hour markers is classic Urban Jürgensen and is entirely handmade using the traditional engine-turning process called 'guillochage' in French on a solid silver plate. It requires up to 700 operations and a full 2 days of work to complete each dial. Jürgensen’s instantly recognizable hands too are handmade. The case is no less complex to manufacture and features Jürgensen’s signature individually soldered teardrop lugs, an extremely skilled and painstaking process which remains a trade secret. The movement calibre P4 with large twin-barrels is manufactured by Jean-Francois Mojon of Chronode, exclusively for Urban Jürgensen. It features a stop-seconds mechanism which allows precise time setting, the two barrels provide up to 72 hours of power reserve. Finished with ‘cotes de Genève’ and superb anglage, this pink gold reference 1140 will impress even the most exacting of collectors with its gorgeous handmade aesthetic.
The Jürgensen dynasty of watchmakers
Among the world's greatest watchmakers of the 18th and 19th centuries, members of the Jürgensen family, notably Urban and Jules, worked alongside other horological geniuses such as Houriet, Breguet and Arnold, and have greatly contributed to the development of watchmaking.
The family's roots stretch back to eighteenth century Denmark and Jurgen Jürgensen (1745-1811), founder of the dynasty. The most eminent watchmakers amongst his descendants are undisputedly his son Urban (1776-1830) and Urban's sons Louis Urban (1806-1867) and Jules-Frederik Jürgensen (1808-1877). The latter two continued their father's business by founding Urban Jürgensen & Sønner in Switzerland. Jules moved to Switzerland while his brother Louis was in charge of the factory in Copenhagen.