Description

The present watch is the F.P. Journe Octa in rose gold, created in hues that enliven the finest of dreams.

A 40 mm rose gold case is employed, housing a dial presented in a delicate tobacco tone—a shade developed through careful experimentation with gold and ruthenium to achieve its precise warmth and depth. This chromatic palette allows a more expressive exploration of the brand’s aesthetic identity, while teardrop-shaped hands in soft ivory tones have been fitted to complete the elegant composition. Larger date and sapphire moon‑phase apertures have been introduced to enhance legibility, and a retrograde power‑reserve indicator with a 120‑hour scale has been added. A crown of increased diameter, engraved with F.P. Journe’s silk‑rope pattern, has been designed to ensure harmonious ergonomics.

Powering the watch is the automatic calibre Octa 1300.3, through which a 120‑hour power reserve is achieved—the first such feat for an F.P. Journe self‑winding movement. The caliber is wound unidirectionally using an off‑center 22 k 6N gold rotor operating on a self‑locking ball‑bearing system. Complications such as a flyback chronograph, perpetual calendar, and moon‑phase are integrated, all of which can be adjusted effortlessly through the crown.

Through the sapphire caseback, the finest haute horlogerie finishing is displayed. Bridges have been decorated with circular Côtes de Genève, while the base plate has been grained in a complementary circular pattern. Screw heads and chamfered slots have been polished to perfection, and the pegs uniformly detailed, reaffirming the artisanal discipline for which F.P. Journe is revered.

F.P. Journe – Bio

François-Paul Journe was born in Marseille in 1959. An unruly child, he was sent to a local technical college at the age of 14. He went on to graduate from the Paris watchmaking school in 1976.
In 1982, after five years of work, he finished his tourbillon – and it work !
He founded the F.P. Journe company in 1999, have ever since stunned the world year after year with the visually distinctive and technically innovative watches
The motto of the brand, Invenit et Fecit (Latin for “[He] invented it and made it”) denotes that the company builds the entirety of the watches. Journe often designs brand new movements, even inventing completely new systems, like the famous resonance chronometer.