Catalog: Collection Octa
Company/Brand: F.P.Journe
timekeeping in Collection Octa by F.P.Journe
the construction of the octa calibre has less powerful ties with the history of watchmaking than do the remontoir or the resonance models but it nonetheless symbolises an horological ideal of giving timekeepers the highest possible degree of precision and autonomy within this context one may mention jobst bürgi who used the remontoir to achieve three months of autonomy for his clock one might also note the fact that if church clocks are placed so high in addition to enhancing visibility it is mostly because it often took an entire month for the driving-weights to drop the full length of their ...
power-reserve to ensure precision timekeeping during five complete days 120 hours off ...
but without ensuring the same precision timekeeping moreover its fast winding mechanism ...