F.P. Journe

more than happy with it

I feel very fortunate to have acquired one of the last Octa chronos in production. The technical look on the dial face appealed to me immediately. I use it every day - for the time when I can really use a chrono to make life easier. This ranges between stirring a soup, although well below high-vapor conditions, taking a strenuous walk from A to B and back, and pre-heating my vacuum tube equipment. In short a chrono, by any definition, is there to be used!

It has a function. It is a utility.

However, it does require practise to distinguish the elapsed minutes. The jumping minutes on the Datograph are ideal, if "only" for 30 minutes. And the Octa Chrono does not have a totalizer for 12 hours. But 1/100 sec is completely meaningless to me.

So, when the time comes, I just reach for another watch. If there is none within reaching distance, I could live with this all day, all night long. Or months. Just look at the beautiful calender and where the window is placed!

Then look at the Octa Calendrier.

Look at the Chronomèter Souverain...

All of which I wear and enjoy.

And of course, there are the others - if not from F.P. Journe!

Amery

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Speaking of Chronographs

By: bs22fly : December 6th, 2008-19:51

Until we receive more info on the Centigraphe from Montres Journe let's compare too old favorites. Both have very different looks and feels. I think appreciation for the Octa Chronograph will grow in time. The Datograph will remain a forever classic with ...

The Dato is really hard to beat, IMO.

By: amanico : December 6th, 2008-23:54

Just a killer Chrono, even if this Journe is not bad at all, it just can't beat the powerful Beauty of a Dato...IMO. Not only esthetics, but also Finish: The Lange is a Reference, the FPJ is, once again, not bad, but can't be compared, in terms of finish ...

Comparisons

By: bs22fly : December 7th, 2008-00:50

I put the Dato movement in my top 5! Agree the Dato is hard to beat for all the reasons you mention. One plus for FPJ is that the Octa's are so damn comfortable to wear. The Dato can be heavy at times.

I didn't realise that the Dato would be.........

By: Topcat30093 : December 7th, 2008-08:14

So much smaller looking then the FPJ What size is the Dato? I presume that the FPJ is 40mm

Dato size

By: moc : December 7th, 2008-14:43

And then there's the date window....

By: Elbow : December 7th, 2008-12:28

...I'm sorry, but that blank eye staring at you from the face of the Dato on any date up to the 10th just ruins the whole thing for me. At least Journe had the good sense to put a '0' in there to maintain the balance

at aesthetics I would go for the Journe as I don't like the platinum Dato with black dial (RG model is a whole different story) but movement wise the Dato is hard to beat.

more than happy with it

By: amerix : January 4th, 2009-10:25

This is what happened to me...

By: schen : December 8th, 2008-11:06

I first fell in love with Octa Chronographe. In fact, it was the first Journe that really caught me. At that time, I disliked Datograph for its look -- the black dial in platinum case, just too cold for me. I gave myself some time to settle down, and in t...