Not very long ago, a collector friend called the Octa Quantième Perpétuel “the biggest miss in horological journalism in recent years.” Ouch. He claimed the watch had received very little attention from the mainstream watch media. And he wasn’t wrong. This is a Francois-Paul Journe perpetual calendar wristwatch after all, and it’s the first perpetual calendar with jumping day, date, and month on four seperate discs made by anyone. I decided it was time to right this wrong. There are currently four different Octa QP models, and I was lucky enough to get my hands on the 40mm model in red gold with a red gold dial, my favorite of the four configurations (there are platinum cases and 42mm versions too). It’s a pretty good way to start on the right footing.
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