FP Journe, Voutilainen, De Bethune, Moritz Grossmann, Urwerk, and Ressence have no volume targets to hit and no shareholders to placate. The results are watches that the industry would never greenlight through a committee. Original thinking made physical.
Independent watchmaking is not a style preference. It is an argument about what the craft is for.
40mmFP Journe Cal. 1304 -- manual-wind, in-house, 21,600bph, 40h PR; remontoir d'egalite every 10 seconds; used in Chronometre Souverain and Chronometre Bleu2005–present
39mmFP Journe Cal. 1304 -- manual-wind, in-house, 21,600bph, 40h PR; remontoir d'egalite every 10 seconds; used in Chronometre Souverain and Chronometre Bleu2009–present
40mmFP Journe Cal. 1520 -- manual-wind twin-movement resonance, 18,000bph, 40h PR; two coupled movements regulate each other via air resonance; world-first in wristwatches2020–present
