Urban Jürgensen Grande & Petite Sonnerie ¼ Repeater circa 1808

Complex movement crafted in the finest quality with cylinder escapement and absolutely rare structure. 2 barrels. Grande & Petit Sonnerie, self strike. ¼ Repetition. Polished steel lever. Integrated rack strike with 2 hammers on 2 gongs. Balance wheel made of gold with blued spring. Blued screws. The very clean movement runs absolutely flawlessly with all its functions.
Enamel dial with black „Breguet“ numerals and blued Breguet hands.
Urban Jürgensen (1776- 1830), following the footsteps of his father and the traditions of the times, also left Denmark at a young age, apprenticing amongst others with Breguet in Paris and Arnold in England. It was under Urban’s guidance, mastery and foresight that the Jürgensen atelier produced pocket watches and precision timekeepers for navigation and astronomy that achieved international fame and recognition. This resulted in the Danish King, Frederick VI, granting him a Royal Appointment to supply the Court with watches and the Danish Admiralty with chronometers.