F.P. Journe Octa Automatique Réserve Boutique Edition

No one will fault you for wearing a Rolex around here. But if you want something truly special — one of just several hundred made per year — you’re going to have to look elsewhere. 

You’re going to have to look at F.P. Journe.

Journe is one of the world’s foremost watchmakers, having begun his studies at the ripe old age of 15 and receiving his watchmaking diploma at the École d'Horlogerie in Paris at the age of 19. His timepieces are complicated works of art, involving in-house ideation, design, and construction. In short: Journe is a master craftsman of the highest order, and his creations are some of the most desirable on Earth.

This particular F.P. Journe is an Octa Automatique Réserve Boutique Edition from the late 2010s. Outwardly simple, its elegance belies a sophisticated creation process and a considered approach that results in a piece of unparalleled beauty. Housed in a 40mm 18K rose gold case with a sapphire crystal, a knurled gold crown, and a polished bezel, it features a stunning black guilloché dial with rose gold applied ‘Arabic’ indices, a matching handset, a power reserve indicator, a date aperture, and a running seconds indicator.

Powering this beauty is the incredible F.P. Journe Calibre 1300.3 automatic movement. Composed of no less than 293 components and outfitted with 37 jewels, it’s COSC chronometer-certified and constructed largely of 18K rose gold. The movement is visible via the case’s sapphire exhibition caseback, and the entire package is finished with a signed, black alligator leather strap with an 18K rose gold pin buckle. 

Complete with its factory goodies, this Octa Automatique Réserve Boutique Edition is one of the finest independently made timepieces we’ve ever had the pleasure of offering. Once you see it in the metal, we’re sure you’ll understand why!

François-Paul Journe is one of the most well respected independent watchmakers in the world. A three-time winner of the Aiguille d’Or grand prize from the Fondation du Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, he is a watchmaker’s watchmaker, focusing on complicated pieces made in-house to the tune of roughly 800 watches per year.
Born in Marseille in 1957, Journe began his watchmaking education at just 15 years old, receiving his watchmaking diploma at the École d'Horlogerie in Paris in 1976. He opened a studio in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1985, and subsequently relocated to the Swiss Jura in 1989, where he began work on his first tourbillon wristwatch. Ten years later, he established his eponymous firm in Geneva.
F.P. Journe builds precision chronometers outfitted with cases from its own case maker, and dials from its own dial maker. Each timepiece is printed with the motto ‘Invenit et Fecit,’ Latin for ‘(He) invented it and made it,’ indicating in-house construction, vertical integration, and the highest possible standards. The recipient of numerous patents, Journe’s horological innovations have earned him plaudits from across the industry.
Today, F.P. Journe operates 10 boutiques around the world. Its incredibly well regarded wares have raised over two million CHF for various charities via auctions, only furthering to cement both the brand and the man in the annals of horological history.

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