Octa Lune

This is a great looking watch. It's classic. And is wonderful for an early summer outing. I just posted a pic of my Octa Lune with new shoes. I haven't posted in while. It's nice to have something new for a Friday. (I wish the new could be another FPJ wat

This navy blue strap from an independent strap maker arrived just in time for the weekend. The blue is more noticeable in bright light/day light. Indoors at night the strap appears to be black. I think it gives my Octa a new look and matches the moonphase

A fitting occasion for one of Journe’s most understated and elegant moonphase pieces.

Well we know the Journe auction market is totally nuts. And don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Journe But ….. The day a rather basic FP Journe ( yeah yeah, I know the “brass mouvement” crap) sells for as good as the same price as a Patek Philippe perpe

If your watch catches the full moon, share it too — doesn’t have to be Journe, of course. Let’s fill the feed with lunar timepieces under the full moon.

This time last year Padj shared the sad news that Christopher had passed away. Another valuable forum member which we lost. Here is that original post; www.watchprosite.com And also below some words I shared in the comments which hopefully paint a

I wear it from the 31, so pleasant wrist time.. Best, M

I am sure many of you know Christopher’s online presence, Spangles, both here and on some other forums. But in addition to his presence online he was a core part of our small Greater NYC Purist crew. We had several GTGs over the last decade or more as sma

I based my info on my research when buying the watch. It was mentioned in a Hodinkee article from 2014 titled “ Introducing The F.P. Journe Chronomètre Souverain, Octa Lune, And Octa Reserve, Now With Solid Gold Dials (Live Pics, Full Specs, Official Pric