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The father of danish watchmaking sat his son down to polish his first blue screw...
1770
Once Upon a Time
1773
The Story Begins
1776
A Prodigy is Born
This was UrbanJürgensen,
whose quest for watchmaking wisdom took him on an odyssey accross frigid seas.
Learning from the great masters, he recorded his findings in a Book For future time-keepers.
Urban’s creations charted paths through stars.
1797
Urban Sets Sail
1801
Homeward Bound
1811
The Passing of the Torch
1804
The Book
His singulargenius put the Danish navyon the map...
and chronometers in the pockets of kings… Exceptional engineering animated by a Danish spirit, Urban taught the world to keep time beautifully.
1815
The First Golden Age
1820
Company Man & Kings Watch
1830
The Loss of a Legend
Over the nexttwo hundredyears,
the Urban Jürgensen name traveled to far-flung places, touched by many hands, many cultures.
1834
The Legacy Lives On
1867
World Exhibition
1894
Jules Jürgensen
1919
Rose Watch Co. & Ed. Heuer & Co.
1936
Dark Years
Until one dayin copenhagen...a swiss watchcollector
...discovered Urban's legacy.
Along with a British watchmaking legend anda young and promising Finn, he set out to share it with the world again.
1976
The Bicentennial
1979
The Second Golden Age
1996
The Next Great Scandinavian Watchmaker
2005
The Oval Pocket Watch & The P8
2011
The Doctor Steps In
2014
Return to the Danes
After anotherlong odyssey,
Urban Jürgensen is finally back home, in family hands. Reminding the world that the way we keep time inspires how we spend it.
A tale as old as time now turns the gears on its next great chapter.