Jay (Eire)
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Inspiration from 1928
Oct 06, 2020,05:11 AM
Posted by John Goldberger. It was not something I’d ever seen before but you can see a relationship between this watch and Journe’s Vagabondage II. To be clear this is just me drawing the parallel, but it was the first thing that hit me when I saw Goldberger’s post.
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Inspiration from 1928
By: Jay (Eire) : October 6th, 2020-05:11
Posted by John Goldberger. It was not something I’d ever seen before but you can see a relationship between this watch and Journe’s Vagabondage II. To be clear this is just me drawing the parallel, but it was the first thing that hit me when I saw Goldber...
Same...
By: jmpTT : October 6th, 2020-06:23
What a cool vintage watch, a revelation that it exists.
Wow never seen before
By: JTCL : October 6th, 2020-07:24
Perhaps he took inspiration when repairing one of these
Beautiful two-tone...
By: mdg : October 6th, 2020-08:10
...and a great size. The bonus...it was 'born' the same year as my father (and Mickey Mouse) : )
Very, very cool. What a cool piece.
By: ChristianDK : October 9th, 2020-11:35
Thank you for posting this, Jay! The connection is obvious. The Vagabondage line is clearly inspired by Cartier. As some of you know, FP used to design movements for Cartier with his company THA (with Vianney Halter and Denis Flagollet)They designed the M...
I see your point. Its very difficult to know, as this is such a rare piece.
By: ChristianDK : October 13th, 2020-12:05
As you say, the V(i) started its life in the shape of the "carpediem" in 1997. We know that FPJ worked for Cartier designing movement for a Tortue case. Perhaps he has seen this watch in the cartier archives?However - I think this is highly speculative.!!...