The luxury watch business awarded its top 2006 awards in November at the garnd Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve ceremonies in Geneva.
The competition is open to all watch brands and companies. Some 1500 guests attended the gala event at the Grand Theatre.
Independent
watchmaker Francois-Paul Journe has added a ninth model to his
eponymous brand’s Octa collection, called the F.P. Journe Quantième
Perpétuel, a perpetual calendar timepiece with an instantaneous jump
function. The watch, which will be limited to 900 pieces, made its debut
in Geneva during the SIHH and GTE watch fairs. A perpetual calendar
(“quantième [...]
The
Chronomètre Optimum, which F.P. Journe calls the “masterpiece” of its
eponymous brand’s Souveraine collection, incorporates in
its manufacture movement all of the technologies that Journe has
developed — which have previously debuted in other Souveraine watches —
to ensure ideal timekeeping precision and stability. Click here to see
photos of the F.P. Journe Chronomètre Optimum Click below for [...]
Even
though he has created many very complicated watches, French watchmaker
Francois-Paul Journe has always been interested in accuracy above all.
His newest timepiece, the Chronomètre Optimum, which made its debut last
week at the F.P. Journe boutique in New York City, takes the quest for
timekeeping precision to a new level. The Chronomètre Optimum, [...]
At
the European Watch of the Year event, held at the London May Fair Hotel
on October 2nd, 2012, F.P. Journe won the “Best Men’s Watch 2012″ award
for its Chronomètre Souverain. The Chronomètre Souverain is insipired
by early 19th-century marine chronometry, including a twin-barrel
movement for precision timekeeping. We tested this watch earlier this
[...]
F.P.
Journe’s Chronomètre Souverain is renowned for its rarity and
collectibility, but how well does it function as a timekeeper?
WatchTime’s Alexander Linz puts the watch through its paces in our
exclusive test; Nik Schölzel provides the breathtaking original
photography. The watch world first began to take notice of François-Paul
Journe in 1986, when he [...]
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