Английская Википедия:F. P. Journe
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F. P. Journe, legally Montres Journe SA, is a Swiss-French[1] high-end watch Manufacture d'horlogerie founded in 1999 by François-Paul Journe. The only three-time winner of the Aiguille d'Or grand prize from the Fondation du Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève,[2] Journe focuses on complex precision chronometers[3] with a production of around 800 watches per year.[4] 20% of the company was acquired by Chanel in 2018 for an undisclosed amount.[5]
F.P.Journe is the one of the only watchmaker still based in central Geneva,[6] with company headquarters, manufacturing facilities, and an exhibition space with library housed in a converted gaslamp factory in the Coulouvrenière Rois neighborhood.[7][8][9] F.P. Journe also owns its own casemaker, Les Boîtiers de Genève, and its own dialmaker, Les Cadraniers de Genève, housed in the same facility in Meyrin,[10] a municipality in the Canton of Geneva.
The company's motto, Invenit et Fecit (Latin for "[He] invented it and made it"), denotes that the company designs and builds the entirety of the watch movements.[4][11]Шаблон:Sfn
History
François-Paul Journe was born in Marseille in 1957.[12] An unruly child, he was sent to a local technical college at the age of 14. He went on to graduate from the Paris watchmaking school in 1976.
The motto of the brand, Invenit et Fecit (Latin for "[He] invented it and made it") denotes that the company designs and builds the entirety of the movements.[4][11] Journe's movement designs are original and he has invented completely new systems, such as the resonance chronometer.[13]
Journe was interviewed in 2008 by Lusso magazine. The writer, Oliver Walston, said "He welcomed me with a big smile, but perhaps this is because I already own two of his watches".[13]
Awards
F.P. Journe has won the Aiguille d'Or grand prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie on three occasions: In 2004 for the Tourbillon Souverain à seconde morte,[2] the current-generation Tourbillon Souverain with dead beat seconds; in 2006 for the Sonnerie Souverain,[2] both a Grande Sonnerie and a Petite Sonnerie for which F.P. Journe received 10 patents;[13][14] and in 2008 for the Centigraphe Souverain,[2] a chronograph with timekeeping isolated from chronograph mechanism, allowing the chronograph to measure hundredths of a second despite a 3 Hz movement.[15] No other manufacture has won the Aiguille d'Or more than twice.
F.P. Journe has also won four category prizes at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie: the 2002 Special Jury Prize for the Octa Calendrier; the 2003 Men's Watch Prize for the Octa Lune; the 2005 Men's Watch Prize for the Chronomètre Souverain; and the 2010 Complicated Watch Prize for the Chronomètre à Résonance.[2]
Philanthropy
Only Watch
F.P. Journe participated in the Only Watch auction for the first time in 2015, submitting the Tourbillon Souverain Bleu - a tourbillon watch based on the Chronomètre Bleu, including a chrome blue dial and a tantalum case, the latter which is very rare for a tourbillon.[16] As with the standard Tourbillon Souverain, it features an in-house rose gold movement and remontoire d'égalité, as well as dead beat seconds.[16] The Tourbillon Souverain Bleu sold for Шаблон:Currency at auction.[17]
For the 2017 edition of Only Watch, F.P. Journe donated a monopusher split-seconds chronograph in 44mm with a blue dial and featuring a completely new movement[18] that would not be used in any other F.P Journe watches.[19] The watch sold for Шаблон:Currency at auction, making it one of the most expensive independent wristwatches in history.[20][21] F.P. Journe later released a modified version of the movement in the "lineSport"-brand Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante series.[19]
Action Innocence
F.P. Journe has donated watches to auctions benefiting Swiss charity Шаблон:Ill. In 2015, a special purple dial Tourbillon Souverain raised Шаблон:Currency while a special purple dial Élegante raised Шаблон:Currency.[22] In 2017, a special purple dial Chronomètre Optimum sold for Шаблон:Currency.[23] In 2023, a special purple dial Octa sold for 1,000,000 SFr.
Distribution
F.P. Journe watches are only available through company-owned boutiques and official retail partnerships (branded as "ESPACE F.P. Journe"). The current ten company-owned boutiques, listed in order of opening date, are located in:
- Tokyo, opened May 2003
- Hong Kong, opened October 2006
- Geneva, opened April 2007
- New York City, opened November 2009
- Paris, opened December 2009
- Los Angeles, opened July 2013
- Beirut, opened September 2014
- Kyiv, opened February 2017
- Miami, opened March 2019
- Dubai, opened October 2019
- London, opened September 2023
Patrimoine Service
In 2016, F.P. Journe launched Patrimoine Service, an official program that acquires out-of-production watches for interested collectors.[24] F.P. Journe purchases, authenticates, and services the watches at their Geneva headquarters, then resells the watches via their official boutiques and online platforms such as Watchbox.[24][25][26] A new guarantee card, box, and three-year warranty accompany all watches sold via the Patrimoine Service.[26] F.P. Journe is the first Swiss manufacture to offer such a service.[24]
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