Velociphile - No longer in the building
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By the way. How can I delete my account?
Sad to end 16 yrs this way. But I’m done here.
Optimum - Reliability?
By: CR : March 4th, 2019-04:44
Hi All, I have a friend who is interested in purchasing an Optimum. We were wondering about reliability of the Optimum. As present or past owners of FPJ watches, we know that certain FPJ movements are much less reliable than others, so it's important to g...
I have one
By: nwk00 : March 4th, 2019-04:58
Owned it for a few years from new. Though I don't wear it everyday, I have never had problem with its time keeping or experience any stoppage. In fact it feels better made than my Resonance and Tourbillon DS.
Thank you, CR!
By: ChristianDK : March 7th, 2019-21:43
What a really great post! First - no hard feelings regarding your initial post but thank You for the clarification 👍 it clears up a few things. Thank you, for going in to detail about your experiences with your three watches. Explaining what the problems ...
Let me enter the fray.
By: TheMadDruid : March 8th, 2019-09:28
I have two Journes that have been nothing but reliable; and great timekeepers-the CB and an Octa Lune. I just took possession of my second Centigraphe Souverain. The chronograph hands on the first one would never reset to zero, and so I didn't keep it-it ...
I guessed that!
By: TheMadDruid : March 9th, 2019-09:56
Wonderful idea, that has to be incredibly hard to pull off. Journe does not walk away from a challenge-the thing I admire, I guess. Think about the complications he has tackled over 20 years, as a one-man idea bank; the only thing missing is to couple a p...
FPJ and reliability
By: Chromatic Fugue : March 9th, 2019-11:38
This brand produces some of the coolest watches and movements I’ve ever seen. OTOH, my simple time-only CS has broken twice since I bought it in 2010, and both times I ended up paying very significant repair fees, despite my attempts to get the brand to t...
I absolutely agree :-)
By: ChristianDK : March 9th, 2019-14:39
Personal opinion and personal observations are very welcome here. The good as well as the bad. Members must have the possibility to share their experiences, problems, criticize ect - thats how we learn and get to understand about the watches we are drawn ...