The F.P. Journe Elegante goes to sleep when it lays flat for more than 30 minutes to conserve battery power and then goes right back to proper time when it is picked up.
F.P. Journe — easily one of the most traditional independent watchmakers of our time – regularly focuses on hand-made mechanical movements and heritage-inspired complexities. This year, however, Journe deviated in two big ways: First, he unveiled his first ever women’s watch ever; Second, this is his first-ever quartz watch.
Eight years in the making, the quartz F.P.Journe Elegante houses two movements.
Eight years in the making, the quartz .FP.Journe Elegante houses two movements is a veritable genius. It knows when it has been taken off the wrist and goes to sleep until it is picked up again — thereby saving battery life and energy. Indeed, when it lays flat for more than 30 minutes, it stops displaying the time, but when you pick it up again, the motion wakes it up and it automatically moves to the proper time in the quickest way possible, forward or backward.
There are several versions of the F.P.Journe Elegante.
The watch was eight years in the Research and development stages and houses two different movements, one for the second and one for the hours and minutes to minimize the consumption of battery life. The stunning diamond-set titanium versions retail for $16,100 and the non-diamond titanium versions will retail for about $11,500.
