{"id":22870,"date":"2023-12-07T08:43:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T08:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k2luxury.ch\/watches\/?post_type=product&p=22870"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:05:05","slug":"tourbillon-souverain-platinum-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/k2luxury.ch\/watches\/brand\/f.p.-journe\/tourbillon\/tourbillon-souverain-platinum-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourbillon Souverain Platinum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The history of F.P. Journe goes hand in hand with the story of the Tourbillon collection because his first pocketwatch he made took him 5 years, it had a tourbillon and spring detent escapement, that was back in 1983.
\nAfter a few years, in 1991 the first F.P. Journe wristwatch was born, it was a tourbillon with a remontoir d’\u00e9galit\u00e9 (constant force device), initially he proposed it to a few big brands but nothing really materialised.
\n<\/span>From 1996 he started to develop high end calibers for famous watch brands but was fed up to give, quote : \u201cpearls to swines\u201d, he decided in 1999 to raise money to make his first 20 Tourbillon watches, called : Tourbillon Souverain Souscription. \u00a0 <\/span>20 collectors paid 50% to get an individually numbered piece.<\/p>\n

The current generation of \u201cTourbillon Souverain<\/strong>\u201d that we know, was made in two major references, the \u201cT\u201d from 1999 to 2004, made in a 38mm case either platinum or rose gold with brass movement, a few limited pieces in ruthenium were made also.
\nAnd then from 2004 to 2018 we have the current \u201cTN<\/strong>\u201d reference with Remontoir and \u201cNatural Dead Seconds\u201d complication made in 38 and 40mm, also in platinum and rose gold cases but the movement is in rose gold. \u00a0 <\/span>The watch won the 2004 Grand Prix de l\u2019Horlogerie de Gen\u00e8ve\u2019s award of \u201cAiguille d’Or<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n

In 2013, to mark its 30th anniversary of his first tourbillon pocketwatch, he made a limited run of 99 pieces for its most loyal customers, called the\u00a0Tourbillon Historique (reference T30) with a case made in silver & gold and movement in brass.
\nThe same year a limited edition of 10 pieces called the “T10” to commermorate a decade of Journe’s first Tokyo boutique and the opening of his 10th Beirut boutique. \u00a0Almost identical to the “T30” but with a platinum case and black and white, and the caliber rose gold.<\/p>\n

2015 saw the release of a special 38mm – a 5 watches set in steel which had a tourbillon model also.
\nJust before discontinuing the “Tourbillon Nouveau”, around twenty pieces were made for VIP collectors featuring a mesmerising ruby dial.<\/p>\n

To mark the Tourbillon’s 20th Anniversary in 2019, F.P. Journe introduced a new model called “Tourbillon Souverain \u00a0Vertical”,\u00a042mm case in platinum and rose gold. \u00a0The tourbillon cage is unlike the traditional horizontal one, placed vertically for a constant tourbillon function\u00a0whether the watch lies flat or is placed on its side.
\nThe tourbillon makes a revolution in 30 seconds, twice faster\u00a0than its\u00a0<\/span>predecessor and therefore visually the effect is astonishing.<\/p>\n

When introduced in 1999, the Tourbillon Sourverain was the first serial production watch by F.P. Journe.<\/p>\n

The first series was made from 1999 \u2013 2003, and featured a tourbillon along with the Remontoir d\u2019Egalit\u00e9 constant force mechanism.<\/p>\n

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The present model introduced in 2004 is part of the second series, called the \u201cTourbillon Nouveau\u201d indicated by the \u2018TN\u2019 engraving on the caseback. This redesigned model was given a facelift and featured a dead-beat seconds added as an additional complication, while retaining the ‘Remontoir d\u2019Egalit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

This 40mm platinum beauty features a white gold dial with the hours\/minutes display on a guilloche dial one side, and a Tourbillon cage balancing it on the other side, with the seconds sub-dial below, forming a beautiful symmetry. At the top is the 42-hr power reserve indicator. The bottom of the dial has an inscription of the words ‘Remontoir d\u2019Egalit\u00e9 avec Seconde Morte’ highlighting the constant force mechanism and the dead-beat seconds complication of this marvelous timepiece.<\/p>\n

Seen through the sapphire case back is the incredibly gorgeous F. P. Journe Caliber 1403 manual-winding, tourbillon movement in 18K rose gold with a shock-absorber mechanism. The detailed finish on each part of the movement is impeccable, decorated with C\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n

The watch we are offering here is in mint condition, it is fitted on a black alligator strap with a matching platinum tang buckle and accompanied by the original warranty card.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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F.P. Journe – Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois-Paul Journe was born in Marseille in 1959. An unruly child, he was sent to a local technical college at the age of 14. He went on to graduate from the Paris watchmaking school in 1976.
\nIn 1982, after five years of work, he finished his tourbillon \u2013 and it work !
\nHe founded the F.P. Journe company in 1999, have ever since stunned the world year after year with the visually distinctive and technically innovative watches
\nThe motto of the brand, Invenit et Fecit (Latin for \u201c[He] invented it and made it\u201d) denotes that the company builds the entirety of the watches. Journe often designs brand new movements, even inventing completely new systems, like the famous resonance chronometer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"