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News: F.P. Journe Releases a 4th Generation Resonance Dial
With the approach of the 20th anniversary of F.P. Journe’s Chronomètre à Résonance, the brand has released an updated “farewell” dial for the watch’s last production year. First debuted in 2000, at Baselworld, the Resonance has seen a total of three prior editions from its very first brass-era movement to the 10th anniversary digital display.…
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Technical Perspective: The Trick Behind Adjusting The Resonance
The Resonance is often explained using the example of a radio. In order to listen to a certain station, you simply adjust your radio’s frequency to that of the station after which the two waves will synchronize and only then would you be able to listen to the station. In the case of the…
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Traveling Through Time with F.P. Journe’s Resonance: Part 2
Recapping Part 1; we took a look at the occurrence of Resonance in watchmaking history right up to François-Paul Journe’s first encounter with one of Breguet’s double pendulum clocks; ending with Mr. Journe’s determination to make the first ever wristwatch to make use of the phenomenon. Following, we continue specifically with F.P. Journe’s Resonance wristwatch…
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F.P. Journe Prototypes and the N°000 Resonance
The Chronomètre Résonance was first released in 2000 as the second model in the Montres Journe SA collection, only one year into the brand’s existence. Whereas I’ve recently wrote an article on the history of Journe & Resonance, let’s take a closer look at N°000, for it is far more interesting than one would…
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Traveling Through Time with F.P. Journe’s Resonance: Part 1
It is fair to say that alongside the Tourbillon Souverain, the Chronomètre à Résonance is one of the most cherished F.P. Journe timepieces within the world of Journe collectors. First introduced at Baselworld in 2000, it has gone through an array of changes over the years but still remains one of the most unique creations…
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Found: A Resonance with a Case Ordered in 1999
I recall my first trip to Geneva in 2016 and one evening I was sitting next to one of François-Paul’s good friends. We were in the middle of a conversation and I couldn’t help but notice (obviously) that he was wearing an early Resonance; very early since the dial had a very glamorous sheen to…