509,400 CHF
Sonnerie Souveraine F. P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Sonnerie Souveraine – Grande et Petite Sonnerie – Répétition Minutes", Collection Souveraine. Made in 2007. Exceptionally fine, rare and important, Grande et Petite Sonnerie striking, minute-repeating, stainless steel wristwatch with power reserve indication and a stainless-steel F.P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by the original wooden box with accessories, a certificate and various materials. Three-body, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back, screwed-down crown, sapphire crystals. Subsidiary guilloché silver dial with painted radial Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve and off-set seconds secured to a brushed 18K white gold plate by 3 screws, sectors for the up-and-down indication at 3 and Sonnerie function indicator at 7, shaped aperture for the hour- and minute-striking hammers at 9. Blued steel Journe hands. Cal. F.P. Journe 1505 in 18K pink gold, fausses cotes decoration, 40 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic 4-arm balance adjusted to 6 positions with 4 eccentric timing weights, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating a pushbutton at 2, selecting the grand/petite strike or silent function by pressing a pushbutton at 4. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12,25 mm. Notes Sonnerie Souveraine The crowning achievement of the illustrious “Souveraine” wristwatch collection, the F.P. Journe “Sonnerie” pays te
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11