Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 16, 2014
LOT 321
F.P. JOURNE CENTIGRAPHE SOUVERAIN, 18K PINK GOLD F.P. Journe, ''Journe Centigraphe Souverain'', No. 050-CT. Sold on January 17th, 2009. Very fine and rare 18k pink gold wristwatch with lever 1/100th second chronograph, 20-second and 10 minute register and an 18k pink gold F.P. Journe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee, instruction booklet and an extra leather strap. This watch Number 50, is the first example produced in pink gold as the numbers 1 to 49 were made in platinum.
CHF 45,000 - 65,000
HKD 375,000 - 540,000 / USD 48,000 - 70,000
Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, lever for starting/ stopping and resetting the chronograph, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Pink, three subsidiary Silver guilloche dials with painted radial Arabic numerals for the 1 second, 20 second and 10 minute registers secured to the 18K white gold plate by 6 screws. Blue steel Journe hands Cal. 1506, gold movement, fausses cotes decoration, 49 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic 4-arm balance with 4 timing weights adjusted to 5 positions, anachron self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring.
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Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 1 |
As new |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
