F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Regence Circulaire Watch
Fran?ois-Paul Journe has an affinity with the tourbillon. As a young watchmaker working at his uncle's restoration workshop, he had been fascinated by the mechanism and wanted to have a tourbillon watch for himself. That is until he found out how much they cost. While most would have given up at this point, Journe thought to himself that if he couldn't afford to buy one, then the next best thing he could do was to build one himself. And so he spent the next five or so years building a tourbillon pocket watch. And when he eventually started F.P. Journe, his first production watch was a tourbillon, the now revered Tourbillon Souverain. This has become a mainstay of F.P. Journe and to celebrate it, Journe has a new version called the Tourbillon Souverain Regence Circulaire, and boy is it a beauty.Apart from the tourbillon, Journe is also fascinated with the 18th century because he fondly regards that period of time as the golden era of watchmaking. To pay tribute to that period, the lates
Armin Strom Skeleton Pure Watch Review
We all deserve a handsome skeletonized watch in our timepiece collections. The question is whether or not we can afford one, and then after that, the issue becomes finding one that fits into our lifestyle. Armin Strom‘s Skeleton Pure collection offers an ironically rather uncommon approach to the skeletonized watch dial and movement because the theme of the watch family (at least in style) is more sporty than formal. Alas, the majority of watches out there with carefully skeletonized and hand-decorated movements are a bit formal in their approach to design. What does one do if they are a more casual, short sleeve-wearing sort of guy who still wants this type of artistry on their wrist?Armin Strom isn’t the only operation in town servicing this demographic of watch needs, but “casually cool skeletonized” timepieces of this ilk aren’t exactly common. I suppose you might throw in the rare skeletonized-dial Audemars Piguet Royal Oak into this mix, but those ar