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Urban Jürgensen. A very fine and rare 18K gold automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases

SIGNED URBAN JÜRGENSEN, COPENHAGEN, REF. 2, NO. 014, MANUFACTURED IN 1997

Closed16 November 2009

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Urban Jürgensen. A very fine and rare 18K gold automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases
Signed Urban Jürgensen, Copenhagen, ref. 2, no. 014, manufactured in 1997
Cal. Frédéric Piguet 71 nickel-finished lever movement, 35 jewels, engine-turned 21K gold rotor, engine-turned massive silver dial, Roman numerals on blank chapter ring, gold Jürgensen hands, two subsidiary dials for moon phases and date, two windows for day and month, circular case, stepped bezel, snap on back, 18K gold Urban Jürgensen buckle, case, dial and movement signed
38 mm. diam.

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With Urban Jürgensen Certificate of Origin dated 20 March 1997 and operating instructions.

Reference 2 was made in small series only. Collectors are particularly attracted by the model's simple and practical dial layout displaying the full perpetual calendar functions beautifully and elegantly.