18K gold pocket watch, ruby mechanism, white enameled dial w - Lot 160

18K gold pocket watch, ruby mechanism, white enameled dial with Roman numeral, signed Jules JURGENSEN Copenhagen, seconds dial at 6 o'clock, case engraved as follows: "The President of the United States to Captain Duparc of the French ship Duguay Trouin for the humane and courteous manner in which he saved from shipwreck the Commander and crew of the brig American Florentine 1857". Original mahogany carrying case signed by the maker Gross weight : 128,72 g The Jürgen Jürgensen company was founded in 1740 in Denmark, when Jürgen Jürgensen joined forces with Isaac Larpent, under the name "Larpent & Jürgensen". On Jürgen's death in 1811, his son Urban took over the business and retained the name. In 1834, Jules Frédéric (1808-1877) - known as Jules I - opened a branch of his marine chronometer factory in Le Locle and settled in the town. A successful industrialist and merchant, his son Jules Urban Frédéric (1837-1894) - known as Jules II - expanded the business. By 1912, the last member of the Jürgensen family had passed away, and Jules Jürgensen was sold to a US-based company in 1936.