F.P. Journe

Certainly these are valid questions in the context of an enormous and mysterious manufacture like Rolex, or Seiko. 

No doubt their researchers are hard at work on everything we can imagine, so they have to brush us off with platitudes to avoid revealing secrets not ready for public consumption.

In the case of independents, such as Kari, one might happily engage in conversation about watches you desire. 

With others, who have multi-year waiting lists already, you know they are too busy to get distracted with your request.

More than any other watchmaker I've met, he appears to be more than adequately inspired by his own vision of what he should be doing. Those who know him better than I, am I wrong in this impression?

Cheers,

Cazalea