F.P. JOURNE. A RARE AND DISTINGUISHED PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE
F.P. JOURNE. A RARE AND DISTINGUISHED PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE
F.P. JOURNE. A RARE AND DISTINGUISHED PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE
F.P. JOURNE. A RARE AND DISTINGUISHED PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE
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F.P. JOURNE CHRONOMETRE A RESONANCE
F.P. JOURNE. A RARE AND DISTINGUISHED PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE

SIGNED F.P. JOURNE, CHRONOMETRE A RESONANCE MODEL, NO. 092-RN, CIRCA 2007

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F.P. JOURNE. A RARE AND DISTINGUISHED PLATINUM WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE
SIGNED F.P. JOURNE, CHRONOMETRE A RESONANCE MODEL, NO. 092-RN, CIRCA 2007
Movement: Manual
Dial: Silvered
Case: 40.5 mm. diam.
With: Platinum F.P. Journe buckle, Certificate of Authenticity card dated 2007, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging

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Lot Essay

The present watch gives collectors the rare opportunity to obtain an example of the platinum Chronomètre à Résonance, seen so rarely on the open market today. The Chronometre à Résonance model was launched in 2000 and is a firm favourite amongst Journe’s watches

The Chronometre à Résonance
Perhaps the watch that most clearly showcases the sheer genius contemporary watchmaker François-Paul Journe. It is the only wristwatch in the world with a movement based on ‘resonance’, a natural physical phenomenon said to have been first discovered by Christiaan Huygens in 1665. Huygens noticed that two pendulum clocks, when hung together on the same beam would beat together in perfect synchronicity. An idea that was further experimented with by the great French clockmaker Antide Janvier and the legendary watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, both of whose work F.P. Journe greatly admires. F.P. Journe’s resonance watches notably feature two balances that are naturally synchronized and oscillate in ‘resonance’ with each other. The negative effects of wrist and body movements are hence considerably reduced.

Breguet had experimented with the theory of resonance in watches in the early 19th century and indeed constructed three pocket watches using the two-balance system. With the development and production of the Chronomètre à Résonance, F.P. Journe became the first watchmaker to make a wristwatch constructed on the principle of resonance, an incredible achievement of modern horology.

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