F.P. Journe - F.P.Journe Historical Anniversary Tourbillon

F.P.Journe Historical Anniversary Tourbillon - limited edition of 99 watches

Oct 18, 2013,06:30 AM

"The Historical Anniversary Tourbillon was unveiled by Mr. Journe at an event last evening at the Company’s boutique in Tokyo. Mr. Journe will continue the celebration with visits to the New York City boutique on November 12^th followed by the official grand opening of the Los Angeles boutique at Sunset Plaza on November 15^th.

This collection is limited to 99 pieces and will retail for $99,000. "

Cheers,
Anthony

And below are pictures of Journe's first Tourbillon pocket watch he made in 1983.

Technical Specifications_

Movement_ Calibre 1412

Manual winding / 29 turns of crown

Movement in brass, grained and golden 3N

Dimensions_ Overall diameter : 32.60 mm

Cased-up diameter of mvt : 32.00 mm

Overall height of mvt : 5.95 mm

Height of winding stem : 2.50 mm

Diameter of stem thread : S1.20 mm

Features_ Escapement 15 teeth

90° Anchor fork

Balance with 4 inertia weights

Flat Anachron balance spring with Breguet overcoil

Fixed stud holder

Free-sprung

Spring pinned to collet

Pinned GE stud

2 barrels in parallel

Frequency : 21’600 VPH, (3Hz)

Inertia : 11.00 mgcm2

Angle of lift : 52°

Amplitude : 0h dial up : > 280°

24h dial up : > 260°

Main Characteristics_

Tourbillon chronometer, revolution in 60 seconds

2 positions winding crown

Display_ Off centre hours and minutes at 12h

Small second at 6h

2 positions winding crown

Power reserve_ Approximately 56 hours

Finishing_ Engraved base plate, grained, golden 3N

Grained bridges, golden 3N

Screw heads polished and beveled, with chamfered slots

Blued screws

Pegs with polished rounded ends

Case_ 18K gold 4N and silver guilloche

Double back Sapphire crystal and cover in gold and silver guilloche

Diameter : 40 mm

Height : 10.00 mm

Dial_ Grained silver with numbers and hour circle engraved and filled

Blued steel Abraham-Louis Breguet hands

Number of parts_ Jewels : 19

Movement without dial : 178

This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2013-10-18 08:17:41

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Magnificent...

By: Ornatus-Mundi : October 18th, 2013-06:44

even down to the price. Those large blue screws are to die for. Any technical details yet? What a wonderful (but a bit unimaginative) movement which I expect will well resonate with the admirers of Mr Journe's early offerings. Thanks for posting, Magnus

I just added the technical specs inside post (nt)

By: AnthonyTsai : October 18th, 2013-08:18

Veeery elegant...

By: Mark in Paris : October 18th, 2013-06:45

and very classy. This LE is really something that deserves to be limited in production. I love the asthetics of the dial, the case, the back ... Great job. Thanks for the release info Anthony. Cheers, Mark

Veery nice ..even if I cant stopp thinking...Jaquet Droz....

By: moc : October 18th, 2013-07:27

Having said that,I love its purity,I really do:the officer case back,the decoration,the simplicity of the movement architecture......the finish.... Still....its so close to JD Grande seconde design.....which was close to Journe according to FP himself etc...

It would also be nice to know more.....

By: moc : October 18th, 2013-07:29

of the materials etc...its a very nice combination... Mo

Nice remake of the Jaquet Droz

By: ArthurSG : October 18th, 2013-19:36

Was thinking the same lol. Such a dramatic loss of DNA. Maybe the anniversary is a midlife crisis LOL.

It looks to me like ...

By: AndrewD : October 18th, 2013-21:08

... the anniversary tourbillon is clearly based on Journe's 30 year old pocket watch. That pocket watch itself draws heavily from 18th century pocket watch designs, not the least of which being those we associate with A.L.Breguet. The reborn Jaquet Droz w...

Remake of a remake then :-) [nt]

By: ArthurSG : October 18th, 2013-23:58

For sure Andrew,,,a bit of sarcasm to re fuel..

By: moc : October 19th, 2013-03:34

an old feud.... A classic layout indeed,the Jaquet Droz took an old pocket watch for sure,the fact is that probably the Grande Seconde was the most recognisable incarnation of this kind of layouts. The fact that there was a long debate between the 2 brand...

+1 Mo, imho the most beautiful, elegant and refined way to say f... you

By: cisco : October 19th, 2013-05:45

I adore this piece! -I like case with sculpted parts especially in detail; like the Patek Celestial or Clou de Paris. This two tone version with these details speaks very much to me. -Then the caliber, a magnificent piece of horology and an hommage to Bre...

Jaquet Droz for the dial, Breguet for me movement. Fusion at its best. :)))

By: amanico : October 19th, 2013-00:39

With one golden bridge:):) [nt]

By: moc : October 19th, 2013-03:25

Magic! :)

By: amanico : October 20th, 2013-07:22

These are

By: akitaishi : October 18th, 2013-07:45

such nice watches. The lucky 99 owners must be in bliss to own one !

Where to draw the line?

By: amerix : October 18th, 2013-10:20

Speaking for myself, I feel entirely comfortable not to be a candidate for one of these limited 99s. The last FP Journe that interested me enough to actually order one (without any conditions from the Geneva boutique) was the Ultimum. That and the Perpetu...

WAY more than a dial variant

By: aaronm : October 18th, 2013-13:20

Look towards the back, it's a miniaturization of his dual-barrel tourbillon, like nothing else in the linup at the moment. A

beautiful tribute to Journes history

By: donizetti : October 18th, 2013-11:30

admire it very much although the two-tone case is not 100% to my liking. Best Andreas

Love it! nt

By: Dje : October 18th, 2013-12:52

My jaw just dropped, I love it!!! So nice to see something new from FPJ [nt]

By: doubleup : October 18th, 2013-13:41

I like the ...

By: AndrewD : October 18th, 2013-13:57

... fact that the movement in this historical Tourbillon is in brass and not gold and the case proportions (40x10) and lugs are classic Journe. Wonderful idea to miniaturize the tourbillon pocket watch. And given the influence of A.L.Breguet, I love the b...

Really stunning...

By: foversta : October 18th, 2013-15:01

I hope to see it soon! :) Fx

It is very, very beautiful...

By: pplater : October 18th, 2013-20:44

...both front and back, and would be an instant "absolutely-must-have" if only it weren't for the two-tone case!!!! :-( The refreshing part of the news is that there is a big-name Independent watchmaker prepared to offer a high quality tourbillon, new, at...

Agree,let me add that another well known brand...

By: moc : October 19th, 2013-03:45

that I love a lot(Ulysse Nardin)is offering a fantastic skeleton tourbillon for less that $100K.....maybe the time has come to get down to earth? Mo

Agreed

By: aaronm : October 20th, 2013-08:29

He could have easily made it an edition of 25 and charged 250k for each of them A