Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 72

"Octa Chronograph" F. P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Octa Chronograph", No. 082-03 C. Made in 2003. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with round button fly-back chronograph, register, large date and a platinum 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. Off-center ?guilloché? silver with painted radial Arabic numerals for the hours and minutes on brushed 18K white gold plate, subsidiary ?guilloché? silver dials for the seconds and the 60-minute register, aperture for the double disc date. Blued steel "Journe"-style hands. M. Cal. 1300, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic 4-arm balance with 4 timing weights adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, 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. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.