When it comes to certain watch manufacturers, there are some collections or watches that will be immediately associated with the brand. Or at least, there will be preconceived notions about how watches should be for a particular brand. In this week’s article, we are going slightly deeper into certain brands. We reckon it will be [...]

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Last week, we experimented with ChatGPT by asking it to produce the perfect 6 watch collection. The results were mixed. By no means, the six watches selected by ChatGPT were great. However, readers thought that the result by ChatGPT was a little, for the lack of a better word, boring. One reader also suggested that [...]

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There are always two schools of thought on gold watches. On one hand, they are the epitome of opulence and style; on the other hand, it is simply excess and the price premium could have been used to buy watches with more horological value or significance. Regardless, there is just something about watches that are [...]

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François-Paul Journe releases the final version of his Vegabondage line with this new release of the model 1 in Gold. New: F.P. Journe Vagabondage I Gold The retail price of the F.P. Journe Vagabondage 1 Gold is approximately SGD 137,000 before taxes. As with the previous Vagabondages, this model will be on application, with priority [...]

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The luxury sports watches is no doubt the talk of the town over the last few years, with many manufacturers seeking a slice of the pie with their interpretation of the watch. Notably, over the last few years, we have seen some independent brands who have hopped onto the bandwagon as well. Unlike the mainstream [...]

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F.P. Journe surprises us in his submission for Only Watch 2021 with an original idea from Francis Ford Coppola. A interesting take on telling the time, and “Invenit” and “Fecit” by François-Paul Journe. Press Release with commentary in italics Commentary F.P. Journe once again shows his inventive and ultra creative side in this new watch, [...]

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Here is a list which the Chief Editor fears. But only because it features six of the watches which have stolen his heart. Nay, ran away with it. If not for the meager earnings of a watch journal, these timepieces would have found a way into his personal collection. The common theme in today’s list, [...]

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Not just any ordinary tourbillon equipped wristwatch, God forbid that a tourbillon can be allowed to be called ordinary, but one which feature the tourbillon and another complication. Double Whammy so to speak. Here is a list of six of the best when it comes to piling another complication over the grand tourbillon. From the [...]

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Design is an important element, especially when it comes to watches. Good case design can bring out the personality of a watch, or even brings across messages or inspirations that the designer or watchmaker is trying to put across. Over the last few weeks, we have covered many watches from independent watchmakers. One interesting thing [...]

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F. P. Journe celebrates 20 years of the Chronomètre à Résonance with a new rendition of the celebrated resonance watch, with a new movement – the caliber 1520. Four variants, in two case sizes 42mm and 40mm, and in red gold or in platinum are proposed. Press Release with Editorial Commentary When he presented his [...]

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For the 20th Anniversary of the Chronomètre à Résonance, F.P.Journe introduces a version with a special dial that will be produced only during the year 2019. The current general release version of the Chronomètre à Résonance is supplied with a digital dial for the left timezone and analog for the right. But the new Chronomètre à Résonance [...]

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WatchTalk with Michael Biercuk Michael (@mjbiercuk) is a Professor of Quantum Physics & Quantum Technology and the Founder & CEO of Q-CTRL, a quantum technology company. He is originally from the USA where he grew up in New York and pursued a pretty standard overachiever trajectory: undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a PhD in [...]

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New from F. P. Journe: two watches in a brilliant yellow dial. Titanium case with titanium and ceramic bezel. The new Centigraphe Sport and Octa Sport.      The two models are available with a 44 mm diameter case in Titanium grade 5 of anthracite color. The bezel in Titanium and ceramic follows the codes [...]

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The F.P. Journe Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante was announced in SIHH 2018. It stood out for several reasons, one being that it is offered at an amazing (low) price, especially after the model debuted as a piece unique in Only Watch 2017 at more than CHF 1million. Here we bring you the hands-on, analytical review, and [...]

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In the television film Wizard of Lies, Robert De Niro starred as Bernard Madoff, the man responsible for the world’s largest Ponzi scheme in history.  The film was released in 2017 and the press lead up to its release went by without us noticing anything in particular.  Until now. During a press conference for the [...]

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F.P. Journe Vagabondage III The Vagabondage series of watches is – to put bluntly – peculiar, relative to the rest of F.P. Journe’s offerings. The name ‘Vagabondange’ comes from the fact that the design itself is vagabond, wandering away from the conventional way of telling time and from the usual styling of the rest of [...]

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When a brand buys back its own watches, sometimes it is for somewhat sinister reasons. One frequent modus operandi, to win the bid at a very high price in an effort raise the used prices. A homage of the same model will soon to be introduced and thus may be launched at a higher price. As [...]

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As the cliché goes, a new year brings a new start. And what we would be a better way for a watch collector to celebrate his or her new year with a new incoming? Oh, and of course, why not do something different when you are at it? Why not try a brand that you [...]

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F.P. Journe releases an exclusive 5 piece set limited to 38 sets to commemorate the end of an era. The watches in the collection are namely, the Tourbillon Souverain, Chronomètre à Résonance, Octa Automatique, Octa Calendrier and the Chronomètre Souverain. These watches were birth based on F.P. Journe’s first wristwatch presented at BaselWorld in 1991. Arguably due to changes over the [...]

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For the first time F.P Journe will be participating in the Only Watch Auction.  If you have thought to yourself I have always wanted a Tourbillon Souverain in the same metal as the Chronometre Bleu then you have to wait no longer.  Introducing the Only Watch 2015: F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Bleu piece unique. F.P. [...]

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