F.P. Journe

I recently sold my CS and wanted to move into another Journe piece- my dealer as an Octa Reserve Luna with the brass movement(which is discontinued)- he said this watch will be more collectible then the new gold movements Journe currently makes his watches with, the watch also has the yellow gold face which he said they dont make anymore- is this a collectible watch and is it worth more then the new versions of the watch?

The YG Octa Lune with is absolutely collectible as this dial was discontinued when the brass movements were changed to gold ones.  One of the reasons was FPJ felt that a YG dial was not a suitable match to a RG movment.  As for your question about wich is more collectible, well that depends on the collector.  Will it be worth more then new versions?  Again not really the subject of this forum but over time I think all Journe's will continue to increase value to reflect the creativity, ingenuity, craftmenship, scarcity, innovation, and horological genious that all FPJ watches posseses. 

 

 

I have a brass movement in red gold, and its absolutely lovely, but it was the original yellow gold Octa that first made me fall in love with the FPJ brand. If you don't buy it let me know who the seller is, I just might!!!!

It really depends. Surely anything that is discontinued by Journe is bound to be rare and collectible. With their low volume and excellent design, it is just a certainty IMHO. However, bear in mind that YG dials have been discontinued for at least a year or so. Brass movement aside, would you be eager to snap up a watch, no matter how collectible that piece is if you know that the item has been sitting in the dealer's safe/display area for sometime now?

I would do so if it was recently discontinued (as in a few weeks up to a max of 6 months) as the YG dial color + the brass movement epitomized the best of early Journe. But some time has passed already so...

Having said that, I enjoy wearing my PT Octa Lune with gray/WG dial as it is