Contemporary, Limited Edition, Modern...

New York, Grand Havana Room, Apr 25, 2001

LOT 100

F. P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Remontoir d'Égalite, Tourbillon Souverain", No. 20/20. Produced in 2000.Very fine and rare, platinum gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with one minute tourbillon regulator and constant-force remontoir, 42 hours autonomy and a platinum F. P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box.

C. two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with screws, concave lugs. D. brushed gold, on the 3, "guilloché" silver off-center dial with painted Arabic numerals for the hours and the minutes, on the 6, the constant-force remontoir seeks extreme precision by equalizing the mainspring's varying power-supply. A blade spring, armed once a second by the mainspring and controlled by a spinning vane, feeds steady power to the balance for a constant rate, on the 9, the tourbillon rotates F.P.J'own chronometer balance and lateral lever escapement once a minute. The balance-wheel, precision-adjusted by turning weights on its four arms, vibrates 21,600 times an hour, on the 11, the up-and-down graduation. Stylized pear-shaped blued steel hands. M. Cal. 1498, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, tourbillon escapement, Gyromax balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.