F. P. Journe Octa Automatique Reserve Rose Gold MOP Dial

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This is a rose gold FP Journe Octa Automatique Reserve. It has an alligator leather strap with an FP Journe rose gold tang buckle, and a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. It has a push/pull unidirectional winding crown; the date is set in position 2 by turning the crown in opposite directions, and time setting is done in position 3. It has an exhibition sapphire display case back secured with 6 screws, engraved with "FP. JOURNE – INV. ET FECIT (invented and made) – OCTA AUTO," and the reference number. The 38mm diameter solid three-body case, curved downturned lugs, and rounded bezel are polished. The rare dial has a circular pink guilloche clous-de-Paris center, and the luminous Arabic numeral hour markers and railway-style minute track is in an outer ring of pink Mother-of Pearl. There is a date aperture window between 11 and 12 o'clock, and a 5-day/120-hour power reserve indicator arc is at 9 o'clock. There is also a constant seconds register between 4 and 5 o'clock. It's water resistant to 30 meters/100 feet, and the 10.6mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. The mechanical automatic self-winding FP. Journe caliber 1300-3 movement has circular stripes on the bridges, a partially circular grained baseplate, and a 22K gold winding rotor engraved with the FP. Journe logo and motto, with guilloche texture. It's constructed with 37 jewels, 259 components, polished screw heads with chamfered slots, polished rounded pegs, and the steelwork has polished chamfers and straight graining. It includes an in-line lever escapement, a 15-tooth wheel balance with 4 inertia weights, and a flat Anachron micro-flamed spring. There is a free-sprung balance, a mobile stud holder, a slipping mainspring, and a variable inertia balance wheel. The optimized winding system uses ceramic balls, and the mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 21,600 vph (3Hz). This FP Journe Octa Automatique Reserve was introduced in 2014.

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