Origin of FP.Journe's Slogan? a theory
Hi All, just wanted to share some interesting reading for a Sunday. INVENIT ET FECIT In Latin: "(I) Invented it, and (I) made it" Where does this slogan come from? It does sound a bit "arrogant", yet a growing number of watch aficionados (me included) thi...
Latin Notes like these were very common in the past..
from the 13th(maybe before) to the 19th century,you can find quite often such remarks next to the author s name and the date in : Paintings........Xauthor pinsit or pinxit(painted it) 1756(year) Poetry or Calligraphy.......scripsit(wrote it) Art or scienc...
Rooted in truth ...
... with probably just a dash of modern folklore. I believe in the first F.P.journe catalogue was the explanation that the “ F.P.Journe Invenit et Fecit ” printed on the dial harked back to the inscription on pocket watches produced by French horologers w...
John Arnold....
...often signed his movements with Invenit et Fecit or abbreviations of such. It was supposedly also inscribed on the Arnold 36. The British Museum has a page on the famous Arnold - Breguet Chronometer Tourbillon which aside from being the first tourbill...
More examples ...
Fantastic, Ben. Thanks for the link. Here's a couple more from the interweb, the Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807) No. 144 from 1753 and a Jean-Antoine Lepine circa 1800. ...