Octa UTC
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| Brand : | F.P.Journe |
| Collection : | Octa Collection |
| Model : | Octa UTC |
| Complement : | Platinum |
| On sale : | 2011 |
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Brand : F.P.Journe Collection : Octa Collection Model : Octa UTC Complement : Platinum On sale : 2011 List Price : 48 000 € Diameter : 40 mm Thickness : 10.60 mm Styles : Atypical High Horology Types : Self-winding Calibre : FPJ 1300-3 Calibre distinction : Côtes de Genève Circular Graining 18K rose gold caliber Off-centre 22K gold guilloché winding rotor Complication : Big Date Small Seconds Second Time Zone (UTC) Power Reserve Indicator Case material : Platinum Shape : Round Dial : White gold Display : Hands Winter-summer hour Earth dial divided in timezones at 7h30 Indexes : Arabic numerals Railroad Strap material : Leather + More characteristics : Movement
Automatic Calibre FPJ 1300-3 in 18K rose gold (4N)
Unidirectional automatic winding
Off-centre 22K gold guilloché winding rotor
Number of jewels : 40
Number of components : 301
Overall diameter: 30.80mm
Casing-up diameter: 30.40mm
Overall height: 5.85mm
Height of winding stem: 3.00mm
Diameter of stem thread: S0.90mm
Escapement 15 tooth
Four adjustable inertia weights
Anachron free-sprung flat balance spring
Mobile stud holder
Nivatronic laser soldered balance spring
Pinned GE stud
Frequency : 21'600 Alt/h. 3 Hz
Inertia : 10.10 mgcm2
Angle of lift : 52°
Amplitude : 0 h à plat : > 300°
24 h à plat : > 280°
Autonomy : 120+/- 12 hours
Decoration
Circular Côtes de Genève on 18K gold bridges
Circular graining on 18K gold baseplate
Polished screw heads with chamfered slots
Chamfered and circular grained wheels. diamond-moulded
Pegs with polished rounded ends
Three position crown
Correction of 24h time zones in position 2. clockwise
Correction of date in position 2. anti clockwise and
Correction of time in position 3
Instant jump calendar
Rotation of the earth by secured correction pusher at 4h
DESCRIPTION
- OCTA UTC
The OCTA Collection reveals the UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
Created in the 19th Century, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. Already used by the British navy to calculate their longitude position from the Greenwich meridian, it was introduced in the United Kingdom by the Railway Clearing House in 1847. It was then legally adopted as official time throughout Great Britain in 1880, and then in the entire world for the major part of the 20th Century, before being replaced in 1972 by UTC, Coordinated Universal Time.
GMT is usually used in the watchmaking world to designate watches with a second time zone. GMT is based on terrestrial rotation, while UTC on atomic international time therefore the two time measurements are close but not the same. Unlike GMT, UTC offers the current view of time zone division directly linked to the real rotation of the earth, and less variable.
F.P.Journe innovates once again with the presentation of the Octa UTC®, a patented system that uses the modern standards of determining time zones in full hours. Mechanically it indicates the different time periods linked with the earth’s geographical positions, indicating summer and winter hour.
On the dial, the local hours are indicated by the blue hands, and linked to the calendar indicating the current geographical time. The rose gold hand indicates the home time on 24 hours, represented by the earth’s 24 time zones.
UTILISATION
The hour of the home time zone is set by pushing the small secured pusher at 4h00. After having pulled the crown in position 2, the wearer moves the globe so that the home time zone is positioned on 0 for winter hour. Simultaneously, the gold hand automatically adjusts itself to the corresponding hour of this region. The purpose of the +1 / -1 indicators is to change the specific region for summer hour which is linked to the geographical location of the user depending if its east or west of the chosen zone.
The mechanical movement with automatic winding is manufactured in 18K rose gold, like all F.P.Journe –Invenit et Fecit watch creations. It is constructed on the 1300.3 calibre, and offers an additional complication to the Octa line, still in the same calibre dimensions. The dial features off centre hours, minutes and seconds, a retrograde power reserve, a large date, and for the first time, a dial with the earth divided in time zones. The passing of the months from 28 to 31 days is done manually.
The OCTA UTC also features the 22K red gold exclusive off centre rotor that winds in one direction only, thanks to an exclusive self-blocking ceramic ball bearing system. Every infinitesimal movement is thus maximally exploited for an optimized winding of the watch. In 2001, F.P.Journe presented the OCTA collection composed of mechanical wristwatches with automatic winding featuring an exceptional power reserve of 5 days (120h), all with the same case thickness regardless of the complication.
- OCTA UTC
The OCTA Collection reveals the UTC - Coordinated Universal Time
Created in the 19th Century, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. Already used by the British navy to calculate their longitude position from the Greenwich meridian, it was introduced in the United Kingdom by the Railway Clearing House in 1847. It was then legally adopted as official time throughout Great Britain in 1880, and then in the entire world for the major part of the 20th Century, before being replaced in 1972 by UTC, Coordinated Universal Time.
GMT is usually used in the watchmaking world to designate watches with a second time zone. GMT is based on terrestrial rotation, while UTC on atomic international time therefore the two time measurements are close but not the same. Unlike GMT, UTC offers the current view of time zone division directly linked to the real rotation of the earth, and less variable.
F.P.Journe innovates once again with the presentation of the Octa UTC®, a patented system that uses the modern standards of determining time zones in full hours. Mechanically it indicates the different time periods linked with the earth’s geographical positions, indicating summer and winter hour.
On the dial, the local hours are indicated by the blue hands, and linked to the calendar indicating the current geographical time. The rose gold hand indicates the home time on 24 hours, represented by the earth’s 24 time zones.
UTILISATION
The hour of the home time zone is set by pushing the small secured pusher at 4h00. After having pulled the crown in position 2, the wearer moves the globe so that the home time zone is positioned on 0 for winter hour. Simultaneously, the gold hand automatically adjusts itself to the corresponding hour of this region. The purpose of the +1 / -1 indicators is to change the specific region for summer hour which is linked to the geographical location of the user depending if its east or west of the chosen zone.
The mechanical movement with automatic winding is manufactured in 18K rose gold, like all F.P.Journe –Invenit et Fecit watch creations. It is constructed on the 1300.3 calibre, and offers an additional complication to the Octa line, still in the same calibre dimensions. The dial features off centre hours, minutes and seconds, a retrograde power reserve, a large date, and for the first time, a dial with the earth divided in time zones. The passing of the months from 28 to 31 days is done manually.
The OCTA UTC also features the 22K red gold exclusive off centre rotor that winds in one direction only, thanks to an exclusive self-blocking ceramic ball bearing system. Every infinitesimal movement is thus maximally exploited for an optimized winding of the watch. In 2001, F.P.Journe presented the OCTA collection composed of mechanical wristwatches with automatic winding featuring an exceptional power reserve of 5 days (120h), all with the same case thickness regardless of the complication.
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Brand : F.P.Journe Collection : Octa Collection Model : Octa UTC Complement : Platinum On sale : 2011 List Price : 48 000 € Diameter : 40 mm Thickness : 10.60 mm Styles : Atypical High Horology Types : Self-winding Calibre : FPJ 1300-3 Calibre distinction : Côtes de Genève Circular Graining 18K rose gold caliber Off-centre 22K gold guilloché winding rotor Complication : Big Date Small Seconds Second Time Zone (UTC) Power Reserve Indicator Case material : Platinum Shape : Round Dial : White gold Display : Hands Winter-summer hour Earth dial divided in timezones at 7h30 Indexes : Arabic numerals Railroad Strap material : Leather More characteristics : Movement
Automatic Calibre FPJ 1300-3 in 18K rose gold (4N)
Unidirectional automatic winding
Off-centre 22K gold guilloché winding rotor
Number of jewels : 40
Number of components : 301
Overall diameter: 30.80mm
Casing-up diameter: 30.40mm
Overall height: 5.85mm
Height of winding stem: 3.00mm
Diameter of stem thread: S0.90mm
Escapement 15 tooth
Four adjustable inertia weights
Anachron free-sprung flat balance spring
Mobile stud holder
Nivatronic laser soldered balance spring
Pinned GE stud
Frequency : 21'600 Alt/h. 3 Hz
Inertia : 10.10 mgcm2
Angle of lift : 52°
Amplitude : 0 h à plat : > 300°
24 h à plat : > 280°
Autonomy : 120+/- 12 hours
Decoration
Circular Côtes de Genève on 18K gold bridges
Circular graining on 18K gold baseplate
Polished screw heads with chamfered slots
Chamfered and circular grained wheels. diamond-moulded
Pegs with polished rounded ends
Three position crown
Correction of 24h time zones in position 2. clockwise
Correction of date in position 2. anti clockwise and
Correction of time in position 3
Instant jump calendar
Rotation of the earth by secured correction pusher at 4h