F.P. Journe Octa Calendrier Ref. Q 38mm Steel Set Limited Series Stainless Steel Yellow Dial

This is the gold dial watch from the steel set, the second of the patinated variants Journe made for that series. Selling complete sets rather than individual references is rare enough on its own, and doing it in steel, at 38 mm, from a house that works almost entirely in platinum and gold, was close to contrarian. The patina was developed specifically for these pieces and has appeared on nothing else the house has built since.

Steel at 38 mm, worn on a strap. The dial is gold under the same bronze patina used across the set, with whitened guilloché silver alongside it, so the face reads warmer than the silver version without changing the character. Small steel cases from this house exist almost nowhere else, which is most of the reason the set is chased so hard whenever one surfaces intact on the open market.