F.P. Journe

Disclaimer: This article does not intend to promote or to undermine any aspects of the watch, and is purely a study of the movement out of interest by a non-professional hobbyist. Credit where its due that FP Journe made a new split-second watch for Only ...  

Thank you very much for this in depth and fascinating analysis of the FPJ timepiece for Only Watch 2017. It should be the star of this next November auction in my opinion. I'm impatient to see the result of this FPJ but, more importantly, to see what will... 

Best wishes Alkiro

after reading the article twice, the disclaimer statement "a non-professional hobbyist" is difficult to agree with ! Thanks for sharing - very educational & felt happy reading it ! Best, mahesh.,

An excellent in depth review of this watch. I'm curious to see if the movement shows up in a production model. Best, Martin

impressive and one of the better articles in a long time. Chapeau !

Many thanks for presenting technical features in such a clear language that even I - unfortunately lacking an understanding of the finer technical details - found it a highly enjoyable read. It also reminded me why I find nowadays most commercial watch ma... 

Just when I thought I was starting to get the hang of things I realize just how little I knew. I will read this again and come back stronger! Thank you!!!

Thank you for your insider look. Your knowledge and love of chronographs is at the forefront of "non-professional hobbyist". It was such a interesting post and I learned so much from it. Thank you again! Sincerely and Respectfully Joseph

You could be a professional watch 'journalist ' btw...

even though I'm not a big fan of the watch. Superb breakdown. Thank you for the education, skyeriding. Ken

the watch ain't no slouch either... Its fascintating for me to see how much one can read fomr images available - if one knows the facts, takes time to investigate and bothers to interpret. I found your detailed view on the column wheel particularly fascin... 

A quick remark - I wrote this purely off mechanical logic and some math, so I could be entirely wrong on the precision part. A watchmaker would be way more credible to verify that! In the case of the Piguet 1185, since it comes in both variants of monopus... 

Thank you for taking the time to put this together! Bravo, Brandon

Thanks so much for all the time writing it. Most appreciated.

But I really enjoyed reading this analysis. Thank you