Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 197

Platinum "Chronomètre Souverain" F. P. Journe, "Invenit et Fecit", "Chronomètre Souverain", No. 162 CS. Made in 2005. Very fine and rare, large, platinum gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with 56-hour power-reserve indication, 18K pink gold movement and a platinum F.P. Journe buckle. Accompanied by the original box and certificate.

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-anddown indication at 3. Blued steel "Journe" hands. M. Cal. F.P. Journe 1304, 18K pink gold, "fausses côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium 4-arm balance adjusted to 6 positions with eccentric timing weights, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, twin barrels, gold wheel train. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 9 mm.