{"id":7687,"date":"2014-08-22T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2014-08-22T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T10:50:09","slug":"f-p-journe-invenit-et-fecit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/xxl-2\/f-p-journe-invenit-et-fecit-2.html","title":{"rendered":"F.P. Journe \u2013 Invenit et Fecit : The horological exception for 30 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"contenu_article\"><strong>30 years of mechanical creations<\/strong>\u00a0at the crossroads between art and Haute Horlogerie have amply enabled F.P. Journe to establish itself as one of the world\u2019s most prestigious watch companies. Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe did not indeed have to wait for its brand to reach maturity before winning collectors\u2019 esteem, since he acquired his reputation as a watch movement design engineer right from the start thanks to his authentic timepieces inspired by respect for the etic of the great French masters. From 1987, he received his first awards for his original horological creations. Building on his numerous watchmaking successes, he created his independent Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie at the heart of Geneva in 1999. Within this splendid listed building dating from 1892, everything necessary has been done to verticalize the annual production of 900 mechanical watches. Bearing the label \u201cInvenit et Fecit\u201d (invented and made), they are driven by mechanical movements in 18-carat pink gold \u2013 a first in watchmaking \u2013 developed by Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe and produced within the Manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate his brand\u2019s 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary, Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe returned to roots by reinterpreting his first pocket watch, completed in 1983, as a wristwatch. This Historical Tourbillon comes in the same materials as the original watch with a silver case featuring a guilloch\u00e9 case middle topped by a pink gold bezel. The grained silver dial closely resembles the original. The transparent sapphire back protected by a guilloch\u00e9 silver cover reveals a classically built tourbillon movement in grained and gilded brass \u2013 a faithful replica of the one built in 1983. Two parallel-mounted barrels distribute the energy to a gear train arranged around the main axis of the watch, and driving the tourbillon. The lateral pallet-lever escapement replaces the detent escapement of the original watch, while winding and time-setting are now with a crown at 3 o\u2019clock instead of a key.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Issued in a 99-piece limited edition \u2013 notably available in the brand\u2019s ten own-name boutiques in Geneva, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Boca Raton, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Beirut \u2013, the Historical Tourbillon signals the start of a new chapter in brand history.\u00a0 A nod to the past while looking firmly to the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Historical Tourbillon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cases\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a04N 18-carat pink gold and guilloch\u00e9 silver\u00a0<strong>Diameter\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a040 mm \u00a0<strong>Movement\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a0mechanical hand-wound, 56-hour power reserve\u00a0<strong>Functions\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a0offset hours and minutes, small seconds, tourbillon chronometer\u00a0<strong>Dial\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a0grained silver, blued steel Breguet-type hands\u00a0<strong>Case back\u2009:\u00a0<\/strong>sapphire and guilloch\u00e9 silver back cover\u00a0<strong>Strap\u2009:\u00a0<\/strong>brown leather\u00a0<strong>Limited edition\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a099<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>30 years of mechanical creations<\/strong>\u00a0at the crossroads between art and Haute Horlogerie have amply enabled F.P. Journe to establish itself as one of the world\u2019s most prestigious watch companies. Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe did not indeed have to wait for its brand to reach maturity before winning collectors\u2019 esteem, since he acquired his reputation as a watch movement design engineer right from the start thanks to his authentic timepieces inspired by respect for the etic of the great French masters. From 1987, he received his first awards for his original horological creations. Building on his numerous watchmaking successes, he created his independent Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie at the heart of Geneva in 1999. Within this splendid listed building dating from 1892, everything necessary has been done to verticalize the annual production of 900 mechanical watches. Bearing the label \u201cInvenit et Fecit\u201d (invented and made), they are driven by mechanical movements in 18-carat pink gold \u2013 a first in watchmaking \u2013 developed by Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe and produced within the Manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate his brand\u2019s 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary, Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe returned to roots by reinterpreting his first pocket watch, completed in 1983, as a wristwatch. This Historical Tourbillon comes in the same materials as the original watch with a silver case featuring a guilloch\u00e9 case middle topped by a pink gold bezel. The grained silver dial closely resembles the original. The transparent sapphire back protected by a guilloch\u00e9 silver cover reveals a classically built tourbillon movement in grained and gilded brass \u2013 a faithful replica of the one built in 1983. Two parallel-mounted barrels distribute the energy to a gear train arranged around the main axis of the watch, and driving the tourbillon. The lateral pallet-lever escapement replaces the detent escapement of the original watch, while winding and time-setting are now with a crown at 3 o\u2019clock instead of a key.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Issued in a 99-piece limited edition \u2013 notably available in the brand\u2019s ten own-name boutiques in Geneva, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Boca Raton, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Beirut \u2013, the Historical Tourbillon signals the start of a new chapter in brand history.\u00a0 A nod to the past while looking firmly to the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Historical Tourbillon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cases\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a04N 18-carat pink gold and guilloch\u00e9 silver\u00a0<strong>Diameter\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a040 mm \u00a0<strong>Movement\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a0mechanical hand-wound, 56-hour power reserve\u00a0<strong>Functions\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a0offset hours and minutes, small seconds, tourbillon chronometer\u00a0<strong>Dial\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a0grained silver, blued steel Breguet-type hands\u00a0<strong>Case back\u2009:\u00a0<\/strong>sapphire and guilloch\u00e9 silver back cover\u00a0<strong>Strap\u2009:\u00a0<\/strong>brown leather\u00a0<strong>Limited edition\u2009:<\/strong>\u00a099<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":7685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,629],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7688,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687\/revisions\/7688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}