Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 413

Chronomètre Souverain F.P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Chronomètre Souverain", No. 236-CS. Made circa 2005. sold on April 12, 2006. Very fine and rare, platinum chronometer wristwatch with 56- hour power reserve indication and a platinum F.P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with painted radial Arabic numerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary seconds dial, sector for the up-and-down indication at 3. Blued steel Journe hands. M. Cal. F.P. Journe 1304 in 18K pink gold, fausses cotes decoration, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic 4-arm balance adjusted to 6 positions with 4 eccentric timing weights, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung flat balance spring, twin barrels, gold wheel train. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm.