Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 165

?Octa? F. P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Octa - Chronograph", No. 231-04 C. Made in 2004. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with round button fly-back and return-to-zero chronograph, register, large date and an 18K pink gold F. P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. 18K pink gold, off-center ?guilloché? with painted radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary ?guilloché? dials for the seconds and the 60-minute register, aperture for the double disc date. Blued steel "Journe" hands. M. Cal. 1300-2, made from 18K pink gold, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic 4-arm balance with 4 timing weights adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring, off-center bi-directional 22K ?guilloché? gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Movement also engraved "Exclusive Power Reserve System" and "Precision Chronometer". Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 10 mm.