Have you ever noticed that all the official photos of the F.P.Journe calendar watches are set to the date of “22”? This has been consistent since the first edition of the F.P.Journe catalogue – the Third Edition was released late last year. Well the answe...
March 22 (1923) was also the birth date of another controversial French figure, Marcel Marceau. The less said about that, the better. It is apparently the date of the birth of Maximilian I (1459), another self-proclaimed Emperor and General Braxton Bragg ...
and the rising watch prices too...inverse relationship between watch affordablity and happiness. and of course, the daily struggles at the work place doesnt help!! still depressed, Horo
...idiotic mind is a fat, sweat-sheened, polyester suited man calling Bingo. "Number Twenty Two....Two little ducks". Which seems rather insulting to both the Watch in question and its creator.....sorry.
Fun background info., Andrew! Plus, "22" just looks nice and symmetrical in the date display. It's like setting the time to 10:10 -- visually harmonious! Daos
... exactly what happens, and I don't recall hearing exactly what the problem with the date disk was in that bad batch. The outer ('tens') disk has 0, 1, 2, 3 printed 3 times around it. Does it get to "3" and then fail to advance at all? Can you make it '...
basically, assume its 01 on monday, it jumps to 12 on tuesday, 23 on weds, 34 on thurs and 05 on friday, 16 on sat, 27 on sun, and 38 on monday....you get the drill. best, Horo
But not always at the first change of day at midnight. There is some jerkiness before alignment, but it always jump 11 days in a month cycle. Best, Horo
Just like the first edition of the Journe catalogue that was made specifically to accompany your 079/01R Resonance, it's nice that Mr Journe set all his watches to your birthday as well ... No wonder you and Journe are so connected! Andrew