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Octa UTC

Brand  : F.P.Journe
Collection  : Octa Collection
Model  : Octa UTC
Reference  :
Complement : Platinum
On sale : 2011

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  • Brand  : F.P.Journe
    Collection  : Octa Collection
    Model  : Octa UTC
    Reference  :
    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.
  • Brand  : F.P.Journe
    Collection  : Octa Collection
    Model  : Octa UTC
    Reference  :
    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