Behind The Lens: The FP Journe Tourbillon Souverain – Reprise

One of the great advantages of belonging to the relatively close-knit community of watch collectors is that one has the opportunity to see a lot of great watches There is now a payoff, though: from time to time, as part of my "Enthusiast collector" role here at Quill & Pad I will be taking a look at watches that strike my fancy, and sharing the visual results with you along with a few observations on photography, the watches themselves, and the collectors who own them Many directly noticeable visual elements tell us that this is a Journe watch well before we see his name or read the Invenit et Fecit motto on the dial.

There is an inherent risk to getting into watch photography as a watch enthusiast: mixing the two hobbies puts you at a serious peril of buying watches when you weren't planning to do so! In this instance, a friend of mine asked whether I would take a few pictures of his Journe tourbillon so that he could post the watch for sale Wait a minute - isn't that the same watch? Well, yes and no! Of course, it is also an early Tourbillon Souverain even earlier in the series than mine If you've been looking at the photos carefully - and if you've gotten this far I am guessing that you have - you have already learned one important fact about watch photography: the macro lens is a harsh mistress.

Happily, as my "New" watch shows, Journe does a great job reconditioning watches to near-original form, so I'm looking forward to seeing the yellow-dialed watch once it returns from its trip to Geneva. . Source