 To
every enthusiast and collector of quality-watches the name
Urban Jürgensen & Sønner signifies watches
that are out of the ordinary.
Behind this name stand over
200 years of the watchmaking tradition. The company, founded
in 1773, has always cultivated a policy of maximum quality
in the art of horology. Particular efforts have been directed
at technical perfection in the movement combined with artistically
designed cases of classical elegance.
Following the wish of his father, the founder of the company,
Urban Jürgensen spent a major part of his training as
a watchmaker in Paris, London, Geneva and Le Locle in the Canton
of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It was under his management
that both pocket watches and precision timekeepers for navigation
and astronomy made by the Urban Jürgensen company achieved
international fame and recognition.
The Danish King, Frederick
VI, granted him the Royal Appointment to supply the Court
with watches and the Admiralty with chronometers.
The use of first-class materials and the extremely robust
design of all the watches ever made by this company soon
made them
highly coveted and sought after collectors’ items, which
is still the case today.
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A composition showing two early gold quarter repeating pocket
watches photographed on a contract dated 7th April, 1809
between Urban Jürgensen and Swiss watchmaker, Benjamin
Benoit. |
