$10,810
"Hommage" Jaquet Droz, Geneva, "Hommage Genève 1784", "Grande Seconde", Numerus Clausus No. 6/8, Ref. J003034-32. Made in a limited edition of only 8 examples in 2004. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with regulator-style dial with oversized seconds indication and an 18K white gold Jaquet Droz buckle. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, rounded band and bezel, curved concave lugs, sapphire crystals. Matte silver off-center dial for the hours and minutes with painted radial Roman numerals, below a large subsidiary dial for the seconds with painted Arabic numerals, framed by a beveled white gold ring secured to a “perlage”-decorated base with 3 blued steel screws. Blued steel "alpha" hands. Cal. 2663.4 (base FP 1153), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber self-compensating flat balance-spring, twin barrels, 18K white gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes François-Paul Journe. He is one of only a handful of watchmakers throughout the world who still makes bespoke timepieces, that is to say: entirely made by himself in his workshop, each watch being individually designed for the client and made to order. François Paul Journe was born in Marseille in March 1957. He entered watchmaking s
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-09-28
