F.P. Journe - The New York Watch Auction: EIGHT New York Saturday, June 10, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Manufacturer: F.P. Journe
    Year: Circa 2001
    Case No: No. 223-02A
    Model Name: Octa Réserve de Marche
    Material: Platinum
    Calibre: Automatic, caliber 1300, 30 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Clasp/Buckle: Platinum F. P Journe buckle
    Dimensions: 38mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by fitted wooden F. P Journe presentation box and photocopy of a February 9th, 2023 F. P. Journe service receipt.

  • Catalogue Essay

    For those entrenched in the horological world of the 21st century, it is difficult to imagine an existence without F.P. Journe. François-Paul Journe introduced his first wristwatch, the Tourbillon Souverain, in 1999, and shortly thereafter followed with the revolutionary Chronométre à Résonance and the Octa Réserve de Marche. Believed to have been first conceived on a napkin in 1994, these three seminal pieces were available in a 38mm platinum case and were fitted with 18K gold dials. Journe himself says regarding the development of the Octa, “The creation of the Octa calibre was a real challenge for me, partly in terms of chronometry and timekeeping, but also in terms of respect of day-to-day comfort. I thus devised an automatic winding mechanical movement with a large power-reserve that could incorporate many future complications within the same volume.”

    The Octa was also Journe’s first automatic watch, a model that would serve as a foundation for a whole new collection to come. An adversary of modular complications, Journe wanted to create a base movement, with a 120-hour power reserve (a world record for a wristwatch at the time) into which could be integrated different complications without modifying the dimensions of the movement. Caliber 1300 was born measuring 30mm in diameter and 5.5 thickness.

    The Octa Réserve de Marche features all of the Journe signature elements that collectors have come to love, including a 38mm platinum case, a highly legible gold dial with offset time indication on the right, a power reserve indicator, and large date complication. Fitted with an early brass movement and rarely seen pink gold dial with lovely patina, the design aesthetic is pure F. P. Journe. Just freshly serviced at the F.P. Journe manufacture, the present example is in excellent overall condition and comes accompanied with its rare and early three-level wooden box.

  • Artist Biography

    F.P. Journe

    Swiss • 1999

    Founded by watchmaker François-Paul Journe in 1999, the F.P. Journe brand is relatively young, but already is as highly regarded by collectors as many distinguished manufacturers with centuries-old heritage. In the minds of the world's savviest collectors, Journe is producing some of the finest wristwatches the market has ever seen. Mastering his craft from restoring historical timepieces, he was the first to create a wristwatch incorporating two escapements that benefit from the phenomenon of resonance — the Chronomètre à Résonance.

    Key models include the Résonance, tourbillon wristwatches incorporating a remontoir and the limited edition Vagabondage series. Especially sought-after are his earliest "souscription" watches, made in 1999.

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A very rare, early, and highly attractive platinum wristwatch with asymmetric hour and minute display, large date aperture, power reserve, gold dial, and brass movement with presentation box

Circa 2001
38mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
$60,000 - 120,000 
CHF54,000-108,000
€55,500-111,000
HK$469,000-938,000
S$80,700-161,000

Sold for $127,000

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The New York Watch Auction: EIGHT

New York Auction 10 - 11 June 2023