F.P. Journe

Following on from a post of mine below on Black Label editions and the possibility of changing the hands from silver to cream, I stumbled across the following images on the web: The first two images look to be a Centigraphe with cream hands, whereas the t...  

We’re they lumed too?

I found these pictures on the internet - so so not see the watch in person.

I personally would opt for the rhodium plated hands, sacrificing some legibility but maintaining the overall harmony of the dial.

Thank you India Whiskey Charlie for the name

Maybe FPJ thought it would be too much of a red

FPJ will sometimes do this for their biggest clients. The silver hands are beautiful and, according to my taste, nicer. However they can sometimes be less legible. I’m assuming this is the reason for this modification?

Having only seen a Black label minute repeater in person (that I thought was just incredible) - I did however notice the hands were quite hard to see at certain angles. As an idea, and having the cream hands on the centigraphe, that maybe there was the po... 

The one with white hands was custom ordered. It’s definitely more legible, but the rhodium hands looks more “correct.”