F.P. Journe Quantieme Perpetuel Watch Exclusive Look
I am just a few miles right now from the F.P. Journe manufacture here in Geneva. Earlier tonight, I saw Francois-Paul and said hello. He doesn't speak much English, but that doesn't stop me from understanding his watches completely. With under 1000 watches made each year, F.P. Journe is not only a boutique watch brand, but a watch brand's watch brand. What I mean by this is that his timepieces are coveted by normal customers as well as watchmakers alike. He has a pretty good thing going right now. If you like watches then you probably like his watches.Seemingly more popular now than ever, are perpetual calendar watches. That makes sense because while complicated, the perpetual calendar is an inherently useful complication. Unlike say a tourbillon or minute repeater, you can rely on accurate calendar data and enjoy not having to correct it. F.P. Journe is no stranger to the "quantieme perpetuel" (perpetual calendar), but this new model might be his most beautiful perpetual calendar watc

I haven't seen enough 15407st openworked photos lately
... so I took the liberty of taking a couple!

Ploprof 600 DIY cleaning
So...My ploprof bezel started to be a bit stiff, so I decided I have to be brave and pop the bezel off and give it a bit of a clean.My plan is to make this watch (all original watch) an active dive watch, which means I have to replace the crystal and crown gaskets at some point. I might replace them myself, as it would be a nice little project, and then have it tested for water proofness.So today I popped the bezel. And it was DIRTY under there. And I also found something interesting...So here we go...Some masking tape, and a small Victorinox pocket knife where my tools.Bezel came off really easily.Bezel popped off. I started to insert the blade between the case and bezel, and push inwards, no twisting at all, and it literally said pop. Then I slowly started moving the blade around the bezel, gently twisting the bezel free from the case.As you can see, there was some 10 years worth of dirt.Backside of the bezel, very dirty too...A good q-tip dry slightly moist (since I'm not sure it's

10 days and still beating ... Pam233 on the yellow gator..
Well, it was last tuesday when I fully wound my pam233.. And 10 days past since then; and it is still beating.. Keeping perfect time.. So they should have called it 10 Days instead of eight ..

Let��s See Those Steering Wheels!
With your watches, of course! I��ll start off with my THC and Hydronaut II! to all!