The Jürgensen Dynasty

Von John Knudsen

Buch in englischer Sprache 

The Jürgensen family, a dynasty of Danish watchmakers spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries, must be counted amongst the world’s greatest creators of timepieces, with the members Urban and Jules taking pride of place. Jürgen Jürgensen is the founder of this illustrious horological family; born in Copenhagen on the 24th December 1745, he would later leave Denmark, traveling to Le Locle and Paris to apprentice with the famous makers Houriet, Berthoud, Le Roy and Romilly.

Jürgen’s son, 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 pocketwatches 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.

Urban Jürgensen and his two sons, Jules-Frederik (1808- 1877) and Louis Urban (1806-1867) continued the business as a family enterprise by founding Urban Jürgensen & Sønner. Jules also studied in Switzerland and would end up moving to Le Locle permanently, whilst his brother Louis Urban remained in charge of the factory in Copenhagen. This meant that the company had official establishments and manufacturing facilities in both Denmark and Switzerland; the Jürgensen watchmaking dynasty never gave up the strong and continuous connections between Denmark and Switzerland as long as they were in existence.

368 pages of text and more than 560 pictures. 

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