Showing at WatchTime New York 2015: F.P. Journe Chronom��tre Optimum
America's largest luxury watch show is less than a week away! WatchTime New York takes place at Manhattan's Gotham Hall on October 23-24 (Click here for event details and to purchase tickets) and features more than 20 luxury watch brands. Among them is F.P. Journe, which will showcase its horological chef d’oeuvre, the Chronom��tre Optimum.Even though he has created many very complicated watches, the brand’s founder, French watchmaker Francois-Paul Journe, has always been interested in accuracy above all. The Chronom��tre Optimum takes that quest for timekeeping precision to a new level. The watch, which Journe calls the “masterpiece” of his eponymous brand’s Souveraine collection, incorporates in its manufacture movement all of the technologies that Journe has developed �� which have previously debuted in other Souveraine watches �� to ensure ideal timekeeping precision and stability.The Chronom��tre Optimum includes a double barrel with two springs, in a para

Patek 5180
Hi all. Great video on how an automatic watch works featuring a Patek Philippe 5180. https://youtu.be/3eMTWX07eY4

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