$41,400
"Octa Chronograph" F. P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Octa Chronograph", No. 99/99-02C. Made in a limited edition of 99 examples in 2002. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with round button fly-back chronograph, register, oversized date and an 18K white gold F. P. Journe deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and accessories. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Ruthenium, off-center "guilloché" silver with painted radial Arabic numerals for the hours and minutes, subsidiary "guilloché" silver dials for the seconds and the 60-minute register, aperture for the double disc date. Blued steel “Journe"-style hands. Cal. 1300, ruthenium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic four-arm balance with 4 timing weights adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring, off-center bi-directional "guilloché" 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed, movement also engraved "Exclusive Power Reserve System" and "Precision Chronometer". Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes François-Paul Journe. He is one of only a handful of watchmakers throughout the world who still makes bespoke timepieces, that is to say: entirely made by himself in his workshop, each watch being individually designed for the client and made to order. François Pau
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-09-28
