Hello I was just curious why Journe does not make the bright yellow and rose gold dials like the earlier watches. Those dials look truely stunning to me. Personally i prefer those dials to the new ones. Wondering if someone could shed some light on this? ...
Hi. Good question. The early dials are solid gold that was treated to give it a texture and then sealed with laquer. This proces - with time - turned out problematic as the dials would oxidize and tarnish. Back then people would complain about tarnishing ...
Not liking shiny dials it’s amazing the CB and now the Furtiv made it out the door ! I guess his preference is to the extremes, completely matte or screaming out loud shiny.
My understanding is not and I never meant to say that FP does not like shiny dials per se. the concept of the CB is that it is a reflective dial. So is the dial of the tourbillon Vertical. This is also quite shiny as it is cut in to the gold in a similar ...
Thanks Christian. Very informative. I saw one of the yellow gold calenders at the recent phillips auction and thought it was so beautiful... hence was wondering if they would ever make those dials again. My resonance is rose gold and there is something so...
I’ve seen an Astronomic with a ruthinium dial. When you order this specific watch you get a broad range of options to choose the also seen an other "one off watch" for a top, top client with ruthinium.
I knew the broad strokes about this, as early clients were very vocal about the dial inconsistency, but I didn't know any of the details you mentioned. Thank you for this detailed post!