38,400 CHF
Octa Calendrier F. P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Octa Calendrier", No. 041-03Q. Made in 2003. Very fine and rare, self-winding, platinum annual calendar chronometer wristwatch with retrograde date, large day of the week and month indication and a platinum F. P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by a certificate. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Off-center, guilloche white with painted radial Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial secured to a brushed 18K white gold plate by 3 screws, outer concentric sector for the retrograde date indication, apertures for the days of the week and the month. Blued steel Journe hands. Cal. 1300, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic 4-arm balance with 4 timing weights adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, off-center bi-directional 22K gold guilloche rotor. Dial, case and movement signed, movement also engraved "Exclusive Power Reserve System" and "Precision Chronometer". Diam. 38.5 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11