Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 100

F.P. JOURNE TOURBILLON SOUVERAIN, PLATINUM F.P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit," Remontoir d'Egalité - Tourbillon Souverain, No. 212-03T. Made in the 2000s. Very fine and rare, platinum Chronometer wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and constant force remontoir, 42-hour power reserve indication and a platinum F.P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, rounded bezel, concave lugs, winding crown engine-turned with "cordes de Marseille" pattern, sapphire crystals. 18K brushed yellow gold, subsidiary white guilloche dial with painted Arabic numerals secured to a brushed 18K white gold plate, apertures for the constant force remontoir at 6 and tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 9, power reserve indication at 12. Blued steel Journe hands. Cal. 1498, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one minute tourbillon regulator with "A"-shaped tourbillon frame and polished steel bridge, monometallic 4-arm balance with 4 timing weights, self-compensating Breguet balance spring with Phillips terminal curve, constant-force remontoir with 18K gold wheel and blade spring, controlled by a spinning vane and armed once a second by the force of the mainspring, insuring a steady flow of power to the balance for a more constant rate.