F.P. Journe

Wearing the CB today. Every time, what a great watch. Never leaves me disappointed, always puts a smile on my face. ...  

Not in the sense of allocations, as these were easily bought when I got this, just more in the sense of being in a position to buy one.

I loved the CB at first sight and all these years later I still do.

Never any second thoughts on this one. Never had my head turned with the sky rocketing demand and unsolicited offers to buy either !

If it’s any consolation I have some similar regrets on other Journe watches. I guess if one’s been around long enough there will be many such missed watches.

But was fortunate to catch others, so cannot really complain. But I remember very well the first presentation in my home country, the booth was not the busiest at all. They were very friendly, and I actually loved the watches, but thought that they were t... 

I was just thinking this week about how I pass on several newer watches for the same reason. Clearly in some cases in 20 years from now I will have been wrong, but my gut is that this is true for only every 1 out of 20/30 watches we see. A lot will be for... 

At the time, I was initiating my Patek journey. For the money, I preferred to go for something with a value that I could understand better.

Thanks for the reminder

And ever time I do I keep thinking I need to change the strap. This time, maybe I will do that.