Astronomic Souveraine

A selection of watches in (or involving) tantalum. Enjoy and have a great week-end! 1/ JAEGER-LECOULTRE Odysseus Chronograph ref. 165.9.30 in tantalum & rose gold credit: hairspring credit: eqotime 2/ AUDEMARS PIGUET Huitième ref. 25644TR credit: 12tosix

cancellijg in Amsterdam meant I could attend. I went to the previous DWW so roughly knew what to expect but the independent watch industry, my own collecting and my interactions with other watch purists had moved on a great deal inbeteeen both shows. I bo

Last week, during the salon at Montres Journe in Geneva, I was so lucky to finally see the Astronomic Souveraine. I have been wanting to see it for ages, but circumstances have kept me out of reach. This high-end watch, has been building up in my mind wit

A true masterpiece... Fx

I sometimes wonder what is the most emblematic model of the F.P. Journe brand. The Tourbillon Souverain most often comes to my mind because it is in line with the first wristwatch created by François-Paul Journe in 1991. But on reflection, I could conside

If you order one of the new Astronomic Souveraine watches, you can ask if Mr. Journe himself would be willing to sit with it for some small part of its manufacture. Usually one single watchmaker does it all, but Mr. Journe is the boss and I think he might

Dear Christian, thank you very much for your thoughts and opinions. It took me a while to reflect on the AS to come up with my thoughts on it. Let me start by explaining why I reacted to this piece. First, it definitely is a statement piece, a chef-d'oevr

I understand your viewpoint but for me, this is more about Journe, the man, showing the world exactly what he can do. Perhaps this will be his last "grand complication" piece, so it was his chance to show the watch world that yes, he can make a very compl

As previously announced, the Astronomic Souveraine was to be presented just after the sale of the Astronomic Bleu. So today was the day where the watch was first presented in Tokyo at the F.P. Journe Boutique I have converted the Press Release + I have co