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F.P. Journe. A Fine Aluminum Limited Edition Automatic Wristwatch with Date, Power Reserve, and Night and Day Indications
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F.P. Journe. A Fine Aluminum Limited Edition Automatic Wristwatch with Date, Power Reserve, and Night and Day Indications

SIGNED F.P. JOURNE, INVENIT ET FECIT, OCTA SPORT, LINESPORT COLLECTION, OCTA AUTOMATIQUE RESERVE SPORT MODEL, REF. ARS, CASE NO. 528-ARS, CIRCA 2012

Closed11 June 2014

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F.P. Journe. A Fine Aluminum Limited Edition Automatic Wristwatch with Date, Power Reserve, and Night and Day Indications
Signed F.P. Journe, Invenit et Fecit, Octa Sport, LineSport Collection, Octa Automatique Reserve Sport Model, Ref. ARS, Case No. 528-ARS, Circa 2012
Cal. 1300-3 aluminum alloy automatic lever movement, 40 jewels, titanium and tungsten rotor, aluminum alloy black dial, luminous Arabic numerals, outer railway minute divisions with luminous accents, luminous "Journe" hands, white subsidiary dial with red Arabic numerals for constant seconds, fan-form sector for power reserve, apertures for date and night and day indication, circular case, rubber shock absorbers in the band, crown in the band between 4 and 5 o'clock, sapphire crystal display back secured by six screws, aluminum and rubber F.P. Journe double deployant clasp, case, dial, and movement signed
41mm diam.

Specialist note

Accompanied by an F.P. Journe Certificate letter dated August 25, 2012, stating that the present watch is one of a limited series of 99 watches created to commemorate the participation of Jean Alesi in the Indianapolis 500-mile race. The certificate notes that the present watch was produced without logos - other examples of this watch may feature the Indianapolis 500 logo. Further accompanied by an F.P. Journe Octa Sport presentation box, product literature and DVD, and outer packaging.

The Octa Sport is the second model of F.P. Journe's Sport series, and emphasizes the maker's fondness for aluminum and it's lightweight properties. F.P. Journe used an aluminum alloy that is more commonly used in aeronautics, making the watch more scratch resistant, anti-corrosive, and anti-allergic.