Souveraine collection - Tourbillon Souverain à seconde morte

Presenting the new generation Tourbillon Souverain

In 1999, François-Paul Journe launched his F.P.Journe -Invenit et Fecit- brand with the launch of the Tourbillon Souverain, the first model in the Souveraine collection and the only wristwatch tourbillon watch with a remontoir d'égalité and dead seconds.

This mechanism, "Invenit et Fecit" -invented and made- by François-Paul Journe, provides unique timekeeping performance in a tourbillon which is still the most accurate on the market.

Driven by his thirst for timekeeping research and his creative needs, François-Paul Journe now presents the new generation of the Tourbillon Souverain, in the shape of the: Tourbillon Souverain with a remontoir d'égalité and dead seconds.

This model replaces the existing Tourbillon Souverain with remontoir d'égalité and places the latter in the category of collector's watches. The fact that production of this first tourbillon model has been limited to just a few hundred, confers on it a rare and now highly sought-after status.

The new Tourbillon Souverain is endowed with the aesthetic characteristics and technical demands inherent to creations by F.P. Journe - Invenit et Fecit. Its mechanism uses the remontoir d'égalité or constant force device, which the brand values for its timekeeping performances, and has now been enriched with an independent 'dead seconds' system. This complication, representing a unique feature on a contemporary wristwatch, and provides for a more accurate read of precise time. The French term for "independent seconds", called "seconde morte" or "dead seconds", stems from the fact that the hand remains motionless ("dead") for as long as the second has not actually elapsed, which means the hand thus indicates the second only after it has actually past.

This exceptional mechanism is housed in an equally noble 40 mm case in 18-carat red gold. The beauty and sophistication of this technical and aesthetic feat are revealed through the transparent sapphire crystal case-back.

The dial features the distinctive identity of the F.P. Journe chronometers with the 18 kt red or white gold dial and hour, minute and seconds on screwed on guilloched silver dial (a patented feature). The 42-hour power-reserve indication at 12 o'clock perfectly counter-balances the independent seconds display at 6 o'clock.

Version with red gold case. Leather strap with platinum or gold pin buckle, or platinum bracelet with platinum folding clasp.

Montres Journe SA - Invenit et Fecit - Watches, Geneva, Switzerland

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