Octa Calendrier | Platinum
First seen in 2001, the Octa* was the first automatic movement to deliver 120 hours of chronometric performance when fully wound. The name, Latin for eight, references the days of total reserve the metre-long mainspring can manage, beyond the five days of precision timekeeping the brand guarantees. The movement was designed to integrate complications without changing its overall proportions, which explains decision such as the off-centre winding rotor. This allowed the brand to standardise the designs and dimensions of the case they would be paired with. Like all movements from the brand, it was originally produced in brass (calibre 1300), but the brand transitioned to forging them from solid gold starting in the middle of 2004. This became the calibre 1300.2.
The Octa Calendrier, produced between 2004 and 2015, was the first wristwatch to feature an annual calendar complication with a large retrograde date, while offering more than 120 hours of reserve. It was produced in platinum and rose gold in 38mm and 40mm sizes, with white and rose gold dial options.
This example, that retailed in 2005, features the coveted 38mm case size in platinum with the more modern calibre 1300.2 crafted from solid gold. The understated white metal case is paired with a solid white gold dial.
The platinum case stands 10.5mm tall. Owing to the short lugs, it is compact and comfortable on the wrist. The bezel is rounded and meets the flat midcase in a lip. A similar detail marks the point where the exhibition caseback comes to the midcase. The lugs, equal in scale to the width of the midcase, flow almost organically from it. They curve sharply, creating the compact footprint we were referring to. The rope-style knurled crown, a well-established brand design cue, completes the picture.
The solid white gold dial, with a subtly brushed texture in a grey hue, serves as the backdrop against which the time display and the calendar complication is laid out. The off-centre time display – constructed on a whitened silver base – is concentrated on the right. It features a textured inner sector followed by an Arabic chapter in the brand’s proprietary and signature font. A chemin de fer track of minutes follows, with an Arabic chapter at intervals of five. The smaller seconds overlaps this time display and has a sector-style layout. The feuille-style hours and minutes hands are heat-blued, as is the seconds indicator.
Reaching from 9 o’clock on the time display is the large date indicator that plies the date chapter that occupies a 240º arc on the left-hand side. It is a retrograde indicator, with the hand springing back to the start of the register on the first of the month. Two windows, placed across from each other at 10 and 7 o’clock, display the day and the month. Being an annual calendar, it requires manual intervention only on leap years.
The brand mark and credo are pad printed between the day and month indications. It completes the exceedingly thoughtfully laid out and balanced dial.
Framed by the rounded rim of the exhibition caseback – on which the brand mark, serial number and precious metal hallmarks are deeply etched – is the self-winding calibre 1300.2. The bridges are crafted from 18k gold and adorned with Côtes de Genève, and the edges finished with anglage. It is topped by a bi-directional winding, slightly off-centre 22k gold rotor finished with barleycorn engraving and the brand mark.
It is technically proficient beyond the 120-hours of chronometric reserve afforded by the metre-long mainspring. The large, 10.1mm diameter balance wheel is free-sprung and works with a straight-line lever escapement. The movement is adjusted to five positions, which is the chronometric standard.
The Octa Calendrier is proof positive of the elegant modularity that is at the heart of the F. P. Journe brand. This example melds some of the brand’s most attractive traits while in the most understated of ways.
Closer look
| Brand: | F. P. Journe |
| Model: | Octa Calendrier |
| Movement: | automatic calibre 1300.2 |
| Functions: | annual calendar, retrograde date, hours, minutes |
| Features: | display back, rose gold movement |
| Case material: | platinum |
| Case diameter: | 38mm |
| Case thickness: |
10.6mm |
| Lug-to-lug: |
45mm |
| Crystal: | sapphire front & back |
| Strap: | F. P. Journe black alligator strap, F. P. Journe platinum pin buckle |
| Lug width: | 20 x 19mm (curved) |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Accompanying materials: | F. P. Journe outer box & inner wooden box, certificate of authenticity & warranty card (stamped & dated), welcome letter (signed & dated), instructions booklet |
Condition
This F. P. Journe Octa Calendrier is in excellent overall condition. The case and lugs show extremely light superficial marks, only on the very surface of the material. The dial, hands, and movement are free from any signs of imperfections and have been well preserved.
Warranty
The watch comes with a two-year warranty from A Collected Man, alongside a lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
Original: $198,556.65
-70%$198,556.65
$59,566.99
Description
First seen in 2001, the Octa* was the first automatic movement to deliver 120 hours of chronometric performance when fully wound. The name, Latin for eight, references the days of total reserve the metre-long mainspring can manage, beyond the five days of precision timekeeping the brand guarantees. The movement was designed to integrate complications without changing its overall proportions, which explains decision such as the off-centre winding rotor. This allowed the brand to standardise the designs and dimensions of the case they would be paired with. Like all movements from the brand, it was originally produced in brass (calibre 1300), but the brand transitioned to forging them from solid gold starting in the middle of 2004. This became the calibre 1300.2.
The Octa Calendrier, produced between 2004 and 2015, was the first wristwatch to feature an annual calendar complication with a large retrograde date, while offering more than 120 hours of reserve. It was produced in platinum and rose gold in 38mm and 40mm sizes, with white and rose gold dial options.
This example, that retailed in 2005, features the coveted 38mm case size in platinum with the more modern calibre 1300.2 crafted from solid gold. The understated white metal case is paired with a solid white gold dial.
The platinum case stands 10.5mm tall. Owing to the short lugs, it is compact and comfortable on the wrist. The bezel is rounded and meets the flat midcase in a lip. A similar detail marks the point where the exhibition caseback comes to the midcase. The lugs, equal in scale to the width of the midcase, flow almost organically from it. They curve sharply, creating the compact footprint we were referring to. The rope-style knurled crown, a well-established brand design cue, completes the picture.
The solid white gold dial, with a subtly brushed texture in a grey hue, serves as the backdrop against which the time display and the calendar complication is laid out. The off-centre time display – constructed on a whitened silver base – is concentrated on the right. It features a textured inner sector followed by an Arabic chapter in the brand’s proprietary and signature font. A chemin de fer track of minutes follows, with an Arabic chapter at intervals of five. The smaller seconds overlaps this time display and has a sector-style layout. The feuille-style hours and minutes hands are heat-blued, as is the seconds indicator.
Reaching from 9 o’clock on the time display is the large date indicator that plies the date chapter that occupies a 240º arc on the left-hand side. It is a retrograde indicator, with the hand springing back to the start of the register on the first of the month. Two windows, placed across from each other at 10 and 7 o’clock, display the day and the month. Being an annual calendar, it requires manual intervention only on leap years.
The brand mark and credo are pad printed between the day and month indications. It completes the exceedingly thoughtfully laid out and balanced dial.
Framed by the rounded rim of the exhibition caseback – on which the brand mark, serial number and precious metal hallmarks are deeply etched – is the self-winding calibre 1300.2. The bridges are crafted from 18k gold and adorned with Côtes de Genève, and the edges finished with anglage. It is topped by a bi-directional winding, slightly off-centre 22k gold rotor finished with barleycorn engraving and the brand mark.
It is technically proficient beyond the 120-hours of chronometric reserve afforded by the metre-long mainspring. The large, 10.1mm diameter balance wheel is free-sprung and works with a straight-line lever escapement. The movement is adjusted to five positions, which is the chronometric standard.
The Octa Calendrier is proof positive of the elegant modularity that is at the heart of the F. P. Journe brand. This example melds some of the brand’s most attractive traits while in the most understated of ways.
Closer look
| Brand: | F. P. Journe |
| Model: | Octa Calendrier |
| Movement: | automatic calibre 1300.2 |
| Functions: | annual calendar, retrograde date, hours, minutes |
| Features: | display back, rose gold movement |
| Case material: | platinum |
| Case diameter: | 38mm |
| Case thickness: |
10.6mm |
| Lug-to-lug: |
45mm |
| Crystal: | sapphire front & back |
| Strap: | F. P. Journe black alligator strap, F. P. Journe platinum pin buckle |
| Lug width: | 20 x 19mm (curved) |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Accompanying materials: | F. P. Journe outer box & inner wooden box, certificate of authenticity & warranty card (stamped & dated), welcome letter (signed & dated), instructions booklet |
Condition
This F. P. Journe Octa Calendrier is in excellent overall condition. The case and lugs show extremely light superficial marks, only on the very surface of the material. The dial, hands, and movement are free from any signs of imperfections and have been well preserved.
Warranty
The watch comes with a two-year warranty from A Collected Man, alongside a lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
