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Lot Essay
US$8,000-12,000
With F.P. Journe Guarantee dated 22 December 2009, Chronomètre Souverain instruction booklet, polishing cloth, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Francois-Paul Journe graduated from the Paris School of Watchmaking in 1976 and immediately joined forces with his uncle, a noted restorer of antique timepieces. Before creating his own complete line of wristwatches, Journe restored some of the world's most important historical timepieces, devised and built unique pocket watches to order and desgined and made complications for prestigious watch brands. In 1996, Journe established a workshop in Geneva, designing and making watch mechanisims for other brands. Three years later, in 1999, he launched his own watches under the lable "F.P. Journe Invenit et Fecit".
With F.P. Journe Guarantee dated 22 December 2009, Chronomètre Souverain instruction booklet, polishing cloth, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Francois-Paul Journe graduated from the Paris School of Watchmaking in 1976 and immediately joined forces with his uncle, a noted restorer of antique timepieces. Before creating his own complete line of wristwatches, Journe restored some of the world's most important historical timepieces, devised and built unique pocket watches to order and desgined and made complications for prestigious watch brands. In 1996, Journe established a workshop in Geneva, designing and making watch mechanisims for other brands. Three years later, in 1999, he launched his own watches under the lable "F.P. Journe Invenit et Fecit".