F.P. Journe Octa Chronographe Ref. C Brass Platinum Yellow Dial

White gold on the dial of a rose gold case is the cooler of the two Chronographe pairings, and the one that keeps the silver registers legible against everything around them. The model itself lasted only from 2001 to 2007 before Journe replaced it with the Centigraphe, and production across all versions barely passed three hundred pieces. Very little else in the Octa family is anything like that thin on the ground, in any metal.

The case is 18K 6N gold, at either 38 or 40 mm and 10.6 mm deep. Over a white gold plate, whitened guilloché silver holds the hours, the minutes and the small seconds off to one side, with the chronograph counter set against them. A large date reads through twin concentric discs at the top of the dial. Blued steel hands run throughout, and the case itself is polished all over.