F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance RN

F.P. JOURNE. A VERY RARE PLATINUM DUAL TIME WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE CHRONOMÈTRE À RÉSONANCE MODEL, CASE NO. 291-RN

F.P. JOURNE. A VERY RARE PLATINUM DUAL TIME WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE CHRONOMÈTRE À RÉSONANCE MODEL, CASE NO. 291-RN Movement: Manual Dial: White gold and whitened guilloché silver Case: 40 mm. With: Platinum F.P. Journe buckle, undated F.P. Journe Certificate of Authenticity, presentation box and outer packaging Note: The presentation box that accompanies this lot may not be the original “fitted box”. Please refer to paragraph A in the Conditions of Sale for further information. If you have any queries, please contact Watch Department at watcheshk@christies.com F.P. JOURNE. A VERY RARE PLATINUM DUAL TIME WRISTWATCH WITH RESONANCE-CONTROLLED TWIN INDEPENDENT GEAR-TRAIN MOVEMENT AND POWER RESERVE CHRONOMÈTRE À RÉSONANCE MODEL, CASE NO. 291-RN Movement: Manual Dial: White gold and whitened guilloché silver Case: 40 mm. With: Platinum F.P. Journe buckle, undated F.P. Journe Certificate of Authenticity, presentation box and outer packaging Note: The presentation box that accompanies this lot may not be the original “fitted box”. Please refer to paragraph A in the Conditions of Sale for further information. If you have any queries, please contact Watch Department at watcheshk@christies.comThe Chronomètre à Résonance Perhaps the watch that is most associated with the genius contemporary watchmaker François-Paul Journe. It is the only wristwatch in the world with a movement based on ‘resonance’, a natural physical phenomenon. Notably, it features 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. The idea of resonance comes from the watches of the great French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet whose work F.P. Journe greatly admires. Breguet had experimented with the theory of resonance in the early 19th century and indeed constructed three pocket watches using the 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.