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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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Deep Discussions with François-Paul Journe
In the past, I have had the honor of interviewing François-Paul over various topics and through several events (more to be posted). We often speak about watches which is a fair topic to discuss but to me, I’ve always pushed to interview the man for whom and what he is. It’s the more personal…
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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…
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Technical Perspective: Why the Quantième Perpétuel isn’t Just Another Perpetual Calendar
In 2012, F.P. Journe unveiled his Octa Quantième Perpétuel yet surprisingly it never actually got delivered except towards the end of 2015/early 2016. There was a significant delay in the production of the watch and by the time the first deliveries came around nearly four years later, the watch underwent somewhat of a soft relaunch…
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How F.P. Journe Calibers are Referenced
In the watch world there are a few noteworthy movements that almost every serious enthusiast will know by heart such as caliber 2121 powering the Royal Oak Jumbo, or the automatic Patek calibers 240 and 324 that form a base for several Patek movements in the line. However, when it comes to the naming…
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Technical Perspective: The Challenges & Marvels of the Vagabondage III
I recall getting into a discussion with François-Paul Journe a year prior to the release of his Vagabondage III and I clearly remember him telling me; “the first was a jumping hour, the second was a jumping minute and the third is going to be the end of the trilogy and the best of…
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Technical Perspective: Why a Journe Does Not Hack
In order to set the time in a typical mechanical watch, you’d pull the crown out to its time-setting position to engage the gears of the motion works thus, allowing you to move the minute hand which in turn moves the hour hand. This is done by engaging the crown with the motion works, which…