Urban Jürgensen

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Danish watchmaker

Business ProfessionalsLived 1776 to 1830 · aged 53

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Urban Jürgensen was a Danish watchmaker. The company bearing his name was originally founded by Urban's father in 1773.

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Urban Jürgensens Sönner regulator clock with jumping hours at Frederiksborg Castle.

Louis Urban Jürgensen (1806-1867)

The Urban Jürgensen shop in Gothersgade in Copenhagen 1863

Awards 3

Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog

Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

The Royal Danish Academy Silver Medal

In their orbit 3

FatherJürgen Jürgensen

SiblingJørgen Jørgensen

SiblingFritz Jürgensen

Connected to Urban 3

Johan Georg ForchhammerAlso won The Royal Danish Academy Silver Medal Hans Christian LyngbyeAlso won The Royal Danish Academy Silver Medal

Frederik JohnstrupAlso won The Royal Danish Academy Silver Medal

Business Professionals born in the 1770s 3

Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy47.0

James Finlayson40.6

Edward Solly38.0

About this person

Urban Jürgensen was a Danish watchmaker. The company bearing his name was originally founded by Urban's father in 1773. Urban Jürgensen's son Louis Urban Jürgensen took over the design and production after Urban's death under the name "Urban Jürgensen & Sønner", while the other son Jules Frederik Jürgensen went on to establish watch production in Switzerland. Founded in Copenhagen, the company later moved to Switzerland.