LOUIS URBAN JURGENSEN
DECK CHRONOMETER WITH POWER RESERVE
Louis Urban Jurgensen, Kiobenhann, No. 47. Made circa 1852.
Fine and rare, 60 hour going deck Chronometer with power reserve
indication.
Three body mahogany deck-watch type box. Brass bowl with
screwed bezel.
Frosted and silvered with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds
and Up-and- Down scale. Gilt brass "spade " hands.
31''', .....Frosted gilt brass three-quarter plate, with cylindrical
pillars secured by screws, fusee with chain and maintaining power,
the barrel passing through the back plate, and secured by a bridge,
Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, two-arm compensation
balance with cylindrical weights and timing screws, free sprung
helical balance spring with terminal curves.