A Master Watchmaker

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af willy » 31/05/2012 20:15

Francois Paul Journe is a true master watchmaker , and one of the greatest living today . Beside having his own watch brand , he has developed some of the greatest complications in the Swiss watch industry for many other top brands . He is a true master who does not compromise on the standard or finish of his watches . He has recieved so many awards from the watch industry that it would take me a long time to list them all . He started to build and produce his own watches in 1987 making the Octa and Souveraine lines . Today his entire production is sold out one year in advance , collectors are on the waiting list for years just to buy one of his watches . He works with a small staff of master watchmakers , and maybe only makes between 2-3000 watches a year . Every caliber is hand made and finished to a standard that makes many other so called high end watch brands calibers look like a standard ETA in comparison . He designs his watches from the outside . This means he designs the face of the watch first and then the caliber . He is a very rare type of master watchmaker . He can not only create and build great complications , he can also finish the calibers to an incredible standard . Many rate him after the English watchmaker George Daniels death , as maybe the greatest watchmaker in the world . Every great watch collection in this world has to have a F . P . Journe watch to be complete . This is the brand i talk about to ordinary people who think a Rolex is the best watch in the world . It makes it easy for them to understand when i explain the difference . It does not really matter if you do not like the design of these watches because that is not what a FPJ watch is about . Here we are at the level that i rate as a class above all other high end brands . Willy [url]"http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/mens-watch" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/mens-watch[/url] ... tches.html