Jules Jurgensen 18kt Gold Quarter-repeating Watch with Alarm, no. 4903, Copenhagen, produced in Switzerland, c. 1845, white enamel radial roman numeral dial, sunk seconds, outer minute divisions, blued-steel Breguet-style hands, and "arrow" alarm hand, key-wind, key-set, 40-jewel, straight line lever-escapement movement with cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the ribbed band, alarm activated on separate gong, cuvette engraved "Jules Jurgensen of Copenhagen No. 4903," dia. 47 mm.

Provenance: The estate of David G. Newsom.

Antiquorum, Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, April 24th, 2004, Lot 75.

Note: This is the only known Jurgensen watch with these two complications.

Condition: Needs overhaul, ticking but does not continue to run. Repeating hammers engage but needs adjustments. Hands do not set.

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