F.P.Journe Octa Divine Ref. D Black Label Platinum Black Dial

Description

Part of Black Label Collection representing F.P.Journe’s most exclusive offering created specifically for existing F.P.Journe watch owners only, available exclusively through F.P.Journe boutiques and espaces worldwide. With limited annual production of approximately 900 timepieces per year, F.P.Journe created even more exclusive timekeeper reserved solely for owners of F.P.Journe watches establishing unprecedented collector community exclusivity. Platinum case paired with distinguished black dial personalizing elegance beyond standard offerings. F.P.Journe Octa Divine features mechanical movement with automatic winding manufactured in 18k rose gold built on exclusive Calibre Octa 1300.3, marking its distinction as first automatic movement with power reserve sufficient to insure precision timekeeping for over five days or 120 hours with effective power reserve of 160 hours plus or minus 10 hours. Wound unidirectionally by exclusive off-center F.P.Journe rotor in 22k gold using self-locking ball bearing system for unequalled efficiency where every infinitesimal movement of wrist maximally exploited for optimized winding of watch, and variable inertia balance wheel ensures optimum yield offering irreproachable stability. Featuring central hours and minutes hands, F.P.Journe aesthetic nonetheless recognizable with subseconds in lower right-hand section and hours and minutes circles screwed to dial representing specificity of brand that has been dully patented.

The 40mm platinum case (also available in 36mm) measures 10.6mm overall height featuring polished and brushed surfaces, screwed caseback with exhibition sapphire crystal revealing movement finishing, three-position crown. Blackened gold dial with whitened silver elements features unique design with different sized numerals on hours ring adding spark of whimsy while red dots enliven resolutely contemporary aesthetics of dial, central hours and minutes display, seconds disk display subtly delineated on gold dial, instantaneous large date displayed in enlarged windows that stand out against gold dial, retrograde power reserve indicator with 120-hour scale subtly delineated, moonphase complication displayed via metallic sapphire disc moving one notch forward when date changes representing link to ancient times when full moon was only source of light during night and instrumental in navigation and rise of civilization, rhodium-plated steel hands. Automatic-winding Caliber 1300.3 crafted entirely in 18k rose gold features specific wheel train allowing precise moonphase indications with adjusting done via crown making very easy to use, large-capacity mainspring barrel, meter-long mainspring supplying average 850 grams of torque limiting balance amplitude loss to 25 percent over five-day period ensuring watch continues running another day or two beyond 120 hours though amplitude loss no longer guarantees precision timekeeping after that point, full-size free-sprung chronometer balance measuring 10.1mm diameter giving greater inertia and stability, balance adjusted by five turning weights vibrating at steady 21,600 times per hour, balance with four adjustable inertia weights, flat Anachron micro-flamed balance spring, mobile stud holder, Nivatronic laser welded to collet, pinned GE stud, in-line lever escapement with 15-tooth wheel, three-position crown, slipping mainspring, off-center winding rotor in 22k gold with uni-directional automatic winding using self-locking ball bearing system, instantaneous date change, date and moon setting by turning crown in opposite ways in position 2, time setting with crown in position 3, 120-hour power reserve delivering chronometric precision fully wound, high-grade finishing with circular stripes on bridges, baseplate partly circular grained, polished screw heads with chamfered slots, pegs with polished rounded ends, steelwork with polished chamfers and straight graining. Black alligator leather strap with platinum deployant buckle.