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F.P. JOURNE. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH REMONTOIR, POWER RESERVE, RUTHENIUM DIAL AND MOVEMENT
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F.P. JOURNE. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH REMONTOIR, POWER RESERVE, RUTHENIUM DIAL AND MOVEMENT

SIGNED F.P. JOURNE, INVENIT ET FECIT, REMONTOIR D'EGALITÉ, NO. 34/99-OIR, TOURBILLON SOUVERAIN, CIRCA 2002

Closed14 December 2010

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F.P. JOURNE. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH REMONTOIR, POWER RESERVE, RUTHENIUM DIAL AND MOVEMENT
SIGNED F.P. JOURNE, INVENIT ET FECIT, REMONTOIR D'EGALITÉ, NO. 34/99-OIR, TOURBILLON SOUVERAIN, CIRCA 2002
Cal. 1498 ruthenium movement, 25 jewels, one minute A-frame tourbillon visible through an aperture at 9 o'clock, ruthenium dial, eccentric silvered guilloché dial for hours and minutes, Arabic numerals, remontoir visible through an aperture at 6 o'clock, sector for 42 hour power reserve, large circular case, sapphire crystal display back secured by six screws, case, dial and movement signed, 18k white gold F.P. Journe deployant clasp
40mm diam.

Specialist note

F.P. Journe produced the Tourbillon Souverain in ruthenium, a rare transition metal of the platinum group, in a limited edition of 99 pieces in 2002.

The Tourbillon Souverain with remontoir d'égalité was the first tourbillon wristwatch made by F.P. Journe. One of F.P. Journe's pioneering horologic masterworks,it combines a one minute tourbillon regulator with a remontoir. The remontoir provides a constant force to the balance, intervening between the mainspring and the balance so as to maintain an equal rate of force whether the watch is fully wound or not, hence increasing the precision.