$101,900
Tourbillon Black Label F. P. Journe, “Invenit et Fecit”, “Tourbillon Souverain à Remontoir d'Egalité avec Seconde Morte”, Black Label, No. 359-TN. Sold on May 29th, 2007. Very fine and rare platinum chronometer wristwatch with black dial, visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, constant force remontoir with dead-seconds, 42-hour power reserve indicator and a platinum F.P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate, and a spare strap. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, winding crown engine-turned with a knurled pattern, sapphire crystals. Subsidiary guilloche silver dials with painted Arabic numerals for the hours and minutes and offset seconds secured to a matte blackened 18K gold plate, aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 9, up and down indication at 12. Blued steel Journe hands. Notes To celebrate the growing international success of the Journe brand, Francois Paul Journe created an exclusive"boutique only" line, available in Geneva, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Boca Raton. It was to be called "Black Label", referring to the characteristic black color of the dial. Each of the boutiques could order a maximum of only 12 pieces per year from among the Tourbillon Souverain, Chronomètre à Résonance, Chronomètre Souverain, Octa Réserve de Marche, Octa Calendrier, Octa Lune and Octa Automatique. Réserve, but could only sell two pieces maximum per model. To the best of our knowledge, so
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-18
