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Urban Jürgensen Reference 2

Used () | Year of production 1989 | Original box | Original papers
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Basic Info
Listing code NJ1LT2
Brand Urban Jürgensen
Reference number Reference 2
Movement Automatic
Case material Yellow gold
Bracelet material
Crocodile skin
Year of production 1989
Condition

The item shows minor signs of wear, such as small, intangible scratches.
Scope of delivery
Original box, original papers
Gender Men's watch/Unisex
Location United Kingdom, London
Price £66,900 (= $92,817)
Availability Item is in stock

Caliber
Movement Automatic
Caliber/movement FP 71

Case
Case material Yellow gold
Case diameter 38 mm
Bezel material Yellow gold
Crystal Sapphire crystal
Dial Silver
Dial numerals Roman numerals

Bracelet/strap
Bracelet material
Crocodile skin
Bracelet color Black
Clasp Buckle
Clasp material Yellow gold

Functions
Moon phase, Date, Month, Perpetual calendar

Other
Guilloché dial

Description
Starting in 1986, Urban Jürgensen produced the Reference 2 in a classical 38mm case and powered by the Frédéric Piguet calibre 71, topped with a perpetual calendar module. It was significant as the first Urban Jürgensen wristwatch reference to feature a perpetual calendar. The observatoire hands – that would become a design mainstay – were also first employed in the Reference 2. The dial is a canvas for Pratt’s skill with hand-turned guilloché, featuring two distinct patterns.

While around 175 examples of the Reference 2 are believed to have been produced, 50 of these were made in platinum with the rest produced in yellow and rose gold. Examples in white gold were made by special order. This yellow gold example is from 1989 comes with two sets of extracts from the brand.

The yellow gold case is almost perfectly rounded, with this uninterrupted form extending to the stepped bezel. The closed, circular brushed caseback also meets the midcase in a similarly stepped fashion. The knurled crown is topped with the brand mark. Three sunken correctors on the midcase help manipulate the calendar functions. The lugs, with their teardrop profile, are soldered to the midcase. They are fitted with a black, alligator-grained leather strap. The strap is secured by a simple, signed yellow gold pin buckle.

A thin chapter of minutes is separated from the Roman hours by a sauté piqué rim. Both graduated chapters are achieved on satinated rims, as is the chapter for the subsidiary date register. The hour chapter is interrupted by the German day and month display windows as well as the date complication. On the northern half of the dial, lining the semi-circular brand mark, lies the moonphase display. Set on a polished steel disc, heated till blue, are the shimmering gold-filled cut outs of the moon and stars.

The central portion features hobnail engine turning applied using hand tools. For visual distinction, the watchmaker employs a basket weave pattern inside the subsidiary date register, with this decoration repeated on the partial covering of the moonphase display. The resulting effect is classical and refined.

Under the closed caseback lies the well decorated Calibre 71. The watch comes with a wooden inner box lined with ostrich leather as well as the outer box and warranty and instruction paperwork.

This Reference 2 holds within its tidy proportions many details that make it one of the most important among watches produced in the Baumberger and Pratt years. This example represents the archetype of this reference.

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