Derek Pratt Oval Tourbillon at Phillips Geneva auction

The Derek Pratt Oval Tourbillon for Urban Jürgensen comes to auction at Phillips in Geneva this November. Over the past decade we have had the privilege of handling this extraordinary pocket watch several times and of hearing its story first-hand. We wrote about it in 2020, and seeing it offered now is a particularly meaningful moment, because for us it is bound up with a close friendship and mentorship: that with Dr. Helmut Crott.

We would be pleased to see it go to a collector who appreciates it as Helmut did.

Open silver oval pocket watch showing the gold movement and tourbillon, held in the hand — The movement with its flying tourbillon

Open silver oval pocket watch with gold movement, tourbillon and blued screws, held in the hand — Movement detail

Derek Pratt / Urban Jürgensen Oval Tourbillon – Phillips Geneva, November