F.P. JOURNE. A FINE TANTALIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX
Lot 3995

F.P. JOURNE. A FINE TANTALIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX

SIGNED F.P. JOURNE, INVENIT ET FECIT, CHRONOMETRE BLEU MODEL, NO. 024-CB, CIRCA 2009

Closed30 November 2011

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HKD 137,500

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F.P. JOURNE. A FINE TANTALIUM WRISTWATCH WITH ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED F.P. JOURNE, INVENIT ET FECIT, CHRONOMETRE BLEU MODEL, NO. 024-CB, CIRCA 2009
Cal. 1304 18K pink gold twin barrel lever movement, 22 jewels, blue chrome dial, Arabic numerals, outer railway minute divisions, white "Journe" hands, eccentric engine-turned subsidiary seconds, circular case, glazed display back secured by five screws, tantalium F.P. Journe buckle, case, dial and movement signed
39 mm. diam.

Specialist note

US$8,000-12,000

With F.P. Journe Guarantee dated 22 December 2009, Chronomètre Souverain instruction booklet, polishing cloth, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

Francois-Paul Journe graduated from the Paris School of Watchmaking in 1976 and immediately joined forces with his uncle, a noted restorer of antique timepieces. Before creating his own complete line of wristwatches, Journe restored some of the world's most important historical timepieces, devised and built unique pocket watches to order and desgined and made complications for prestigious watch brands. In 1996, Journe established a workshop in Geneva, designing and making watch mechanisims for other brands. Three years later, in 1999, he launched his own watches under the lable "F.P. Journe Invenit et Fecit".