Urban Jürgensen2140

The Jules Jurgensen collection is a contemporary take on the characteristic Urban Jurgensen case design. The lugs have been updated to a stepped and tapered form, while the case diameter stays at a very wearable 40mm. The movement is the in-house hand wound P4, with twin barrels providing 72 hours of power reserve and its plates and bevels decorated and polished by hand, which can be viewed through the sapphire case back.

The dial is the centre-piece with hand worked guilloché on a single piece of blackened silver, white gold baton hour markers and hand-made white gold hands. The watch is fitted with a black alligator strap and a white gold pin buckle.

This watch is offered in ‘as new’ condition with full box and papers and the included leather travel roll.

Something of a watch connoisseur’s secret, Urban Jurgensen creates exquisite hand-made watches that celebrate traditional crafts dating back almost 250 years. The history of the Urban Jurgensen brand is composed of three eras, all typified by exemplary watchmaking in the style of the times. Urban Jurgensen was the son of Jürgen Jürgensen who, after years of study in Switzerland, introduced fine watchmaking to Denmark in the late 18th Century. Urban, following in his father’s footsteps, trained in Switzerland, and also studying under Breguet in Paris before returning to Denmark to build his reputation. The first supplier of marine chronometers to the Danish navy, Urban Jurgensen was eventually elevated to the Royal Academy of Science.

The second phase of the brand’s history comes under the direction of internationally renowned pocket watch dealer Paul Baumberger. After the last Jurgensen died in 1912 the brand fell into abeyance. It was rescued and rebuilt in the late 1970s in association with the talented Swiss-based English watchmaker Derek Pratt. They created many outstanding watches including perpetual calendars and the only wristwatch to include a detent escapement as used in marine chronometers. It was during this time that the wristwatch design language was established, using teardrop lugs and guilloché dials.

After Baumberger’s passing in 2010, the brand continued under the control of Dr. Helmut Crott, owner of the eponymous auction house and friend of Baumberger. In 2014 Urban Jurgensen won Best Men’s Watch at the 2014 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève and the following year the ownership returned to Danish hands under the leadership of Søren Petersen. The years since have seen huge investment in the brand, the introduction of new models and a refining of the movements and dial designs.

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