NOVEMBER 11, 2017 - THE CHRONOGRAPHE MONOPOUSSOIR RATTRAPANTE BLEU, UNIQUE AND ENTIRELY NEW TIMEPIECE DEVELOPED BY F.P.JOURNE EXCLUSIVELY FOR ONLY WATCH 2017, SOLD DURING THE AUCTION FOR THE ASTOUNDING PRICE OF CHF 1’150’000 IN FRONT OF A PACKED ROOM WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTORS IN THE WORLD WERE GATHERING FOR THIS UNIQUE CHARITABLE EVENT.

WITH ITS UNIQUE CALIBER IN 18K ROSE GOLD, ITS UNIQUE BLUE CHROME ADORNED WITH AN UNUSUAL TYPOGRAPHY AND ENHANCED WITH VIVID COLOURS AND ITS UNIQUE CASE OF 44MM IN TANTALUM, THE CHRONOGRAPHE MONOPOUSSOIR RATTRAPANTE BLEU BY F.P.JOURNE IS A MAJOR HAUTE HOROLOGY WORK OF ART.

THE EXCLUSIVE MANUAL WINDED F.P.JOURNE CALIBRE 1517 “MONOPUSHER SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH” WITH COLUMN WHEELS IN 18K ROSE GOLD IS IMBUED BY TRADITIONAL CHRONOGRAPHS AND DEVELOPED EXCLUSIVELY FOR ONLY WATCH 2017. The 15 lines movement in 18K rose Gold, is constructed in the purest horological tradition, each lever and spring is mirror polished, featuring a long autonomy of 80 hours and make it possible to use the chronograph and the split-seconds efficiently after 2 days. Pusher at 2h for the chronograph and pusher at 4h for the rattrapante (split-seconds).

FRANÇOIS-PAUL JOURNE DECLARED: « I AM HAPPY OUR WATCH HAD OBTAINED SUCH A HIGH PRICE FOR A CHARITABLE CAUSE. I COMMITTED FULLY WITH THE CREATION OF THIS UNIQUE TIMEPIECE THAT ALLOWED TO GATHER SUCH AN IMPORTANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE ASSOCIATION MONÉGASQUE FOR RESEARCH ON DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. »