Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Nov 27, 2016
FF.P.JOURNE OCTA RESERVE AUTOMATIC PLATINUM F.P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Octa Automatique Réserve", Made circa 2008. Very fine, self-winding, platinium wristwatch with 120-hour power reserve, large date and a platinum F.P. Journe buckle.
Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver with painted radial graduated 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.