The Collection of a European Nobleman
Geneva, May 11, 2008
LOT 67
Tourbillon Seconde Morte F.P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit?, "Tourbillon Souverain à Remontoir d'Egalité avec Seconde Morte?, No. 135-05 TN. Made in 2005. Very fine and rare, platinum chronometer wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, constant force remontoir with dead-seconds, 42-hour power reserve indicator and a platinum F.P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by a certificate.
CHF 65,000 - 85,000
EUR 40,000 - 55,000 / USD 65,000 - 85,000
Sold: CHF 90,000
C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, winding crown engine-turned with a knurled pattern, sapphire crystals. D. Subsidiary guilloche silver dials with painted Arabic numerals for the hours and minutes and offset seconds secured to a brushed 18K white gold plate, aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 9, up and down indication at 12. Blued steel Journe hands. M. Cal. 1403 in 18K pink gold, fausses cotes decoration, 26 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 free-sprung Breguet balance spring with Phillips terminal curve, constant-force remontoir with 18K gold wheel, equalizing the mainspring's varying power supply. A blade spring, controlled by a spinning vane, is armed once a second by the force of the mainspring, feeding a steady flow of power to the balance for a more constant rate and at the same time controlling the progression of the dead-seconds hand. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Notes
Dead seconds Or ?seconde morte? in French, is a term referring to the way the seconds hand moves forward suddenly once per second, as opposed to its moving gradually, with the oscillations of the balance.