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The Independent's Argument
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, 22j, 161 parts, 30.40 x 4.00mm; 56h +/- 2h PR from two mainspring barrels in parallel for linear torque rather than added autonomy; free-sprung balance with four inertia weights and flat Anachron hairspring; 18k rose gold movement; used in Chronometre Souverain and Chronometre Bleu2005–present
39mmFP Journe Cal. 1304: manual-wind, in-house, 21,600bph, 56h PR from twin parallel barrels; 18k rose gold movement; 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
