
Jonathan Darracott
Global Head
Sold for £56,312.50 inc. premium
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In 1999, Francois-Paul Journe launched his FP Journe 'Invenit et Fecit' brand with the Tourbillon Souverain. This was the first model in the Souverain Collection to combine a remontoir with dead beat seconds in a tourbillon wristwatch. The addition of the 'dead beat seconds' provided a more accurate reading of precise time and supposedly made this mechanism, 'Invenit et Fecit', invented by Journe, the most accurate on the market.
The French term "seconde morte" or "dead seconds" comes from the fact that the seconds hand remains motionless for as long as the second has not actually elapsed.
As a descendant of the first model launched by Francois-Paul Journe in 1999, the Tourbillon Souverain is imbued with a sense of the founder's spirit. The original version of this watch was awarded the highest honor 'L'Aguille d'Or' at the 2004 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève.