It's worth a lot no doubt, but I cannot stand the design of the hands on his watches...hard pass for me.
I would certainly take the Moser, the Sarpaneva, the De Bethune, and even the Reverso...along with the vintage PP...
I like that blue dial very much. To me, the movement takes the cake here. I’m not sure if this is brass or gold he used in this movement, too lazy to look up.
This has a shock factor that caught me by surprise. Visited his boutique last year, Laurent Journe (brother of FP) set a tray of goodies in front of us. This CB stood out from its siblings. This was the first piece I picked up from 6 heavy hitter Journes. It was bright and joyful. (Also, my wallet texted me not to touch anything else!)
If I were to decide to have a good day, I’d strap this blue thing on at 7am. The CB has a beach vibe that’s hard to ignore. Blue water, white sand. It’s a freaky little thing that I was drawn to the most.
Looking at the dial, and knowing Journe, a respected independent , I’d maybe priced this (in my head) at, say $15k… Ok, it’s in the realm of affordable. Then I flipped the watch to see its movement, I knew immediately the 1 and 5 will have to trade place.
It’s a basic dial, flip it, then holy hell, that golden movement is stunningly unique.
I actually said “holy hell” soon as I flipped the watch and saw the movement.
Laurent Journe responded “I know!”
