F.P. Journe
Octa Calendrier — Ruthenium
F.P. Journe Octa Calendrier in platinum with ruthenium dial — annual calendar with retrograde date, day, and month, all on the in-house Octa automatic.

On this piece
The Octa Calendrier is the calendar-complication expression of the Octa platform. The retrograde date hand sweeps the right side of the dial, with day and month apertures at the bottom. The calendar requires a single correction every 365 days — a true annual calendar in the Journe style, achieved without the complexity of a perpetual mechanism. The ruthenium dial — a treatment Journe uses sparingly in production — combines a brushed silver base with a vapour-deposited ruthenium coating, creating a dial that shifts from grey to deep charcoal depending on light angle. The platinum case adds weight and discreet density to the wearing experience. F.P. Journe Calendrier references in the discontinued ruthenium configuration are auction-tier collectibles.
Specification
- Reference
- Octa Calendrier Ruthenium
- Year
- 2021
- Case
- 40mm × 9.8mm · 950 platinum
- Dial
- Ruthenium silver with off-centred hours/minutes, retrograde date at right, month and day at bottom
- Bracelet
- Hand-stitched black alligator with 950 platinum tang buckle
- Caliber
- Calibre 1300.3 — in-house automatic with 22k gold rotor, 160h reserve, retrograde calendar with day/month
- Condition
- Excellent
- Set composition
- Full set — F.P. Journe boxes, certificate, master file documentation
What stands out
- ◆Platinum case
- ◆Ruthenium dial (discontinued treatment)
- ◆Retrograde annual calendar
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