22,200 CHF
Octa Automatique Réserve F. P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Octa Automatique Réserve", No. 129 AR. Made in 2007. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K pink gold chronometer wristwatch with 120-hour power reserve, large date and an 18K pink gold F.P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by a certificate. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Guilloche silver with painted radial Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary seconds, sector for the 120-hour up and down indication, aperture for the large double digit date. Blued steel Journe hands. Cal. 1300.3 in 18K pink gold, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic 4-arm balance with 4 timing weights adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, off-center bidirectional 22K gold guilloche rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11