F.P. Journe Elegante 40 Titalyt Review: Luxury Watch with Luxury Problems
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
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0:00-0:28 Intro
0:22-1:35 Dimensions & Specifications
1:35-5:25 The Dial
5:25-7:12 Macro Dial
7:12-8:16 Natural Light
8:16-15:10 The Case
15:10-16:42 How it Wears
16:52-17:24 Lume
17:24-20:36 Pros
20:36-24:27 Cons
24:27-27:29 Final Thoughts
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Although this was intended for women, I absolutely love it. Typically I’m not drawn to quartz watches, but this hits different! Another great video brother ❤
Absolutely man, not all quartz created equal! Appreciate you watching 👌🏻
Really cool to see this ultra high end on this channel. Thank you for this review.
Thanks for watching. Always nice getting hands on with crazy stuff. But also helps you appreciate all the things other brands are doing at lower prices too.
That sure is one of the most interesting quartz watches.
Thanks for sharing with us, and as always keep up with the good reviews!
I agree and thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video!
I'm really into high end quartz watches, and this has been a treat to see. Thanks!
Absolutely glad you enjoyed!
Cutting edge design is what yer paying for here. Every part...case, dial, dial framing, crystal, crown, movement/accuracy, illumination, hand retracing, finishing all bespoke design/engineering. Would love it for my collection 😛.
Its probably my favorite FPJ, its *definitely* my favorite case shape, the tortue, but that price... $16,000. You have (or had?) a Breguet Tradition, for $16,000 I'd be close to being able to afford that. Or for $16,000 I could get _several_ luxury watches. Maybe I'd just hold my horses and get my real grail, the new $24k Chopard 1860. So many choices. That being said the last time I looked for these used they were in the mid-30k's so I guess that helps. Congrats, I love it.
Edit: OMG I just saw what these are going for on Chrono24. Best $16,000 you ever spent 🤣
Agree this and the resonance are my favorite from the brand. It’s hard to justify it at this price but both fortunately and unfortunately, the fact that’s it’s worth more helps. I think for the most part my ceiling is 10k and even more realistically I like playing in the sub 5 and sub 1 k price point because that is where some of the interesting stuff is happening. The more you spend the more you pay for someone just making a watch with more handicaps of “making the finishing and quality better”
Super interesting watch. I'd love to see one in person. Great video!
Hard to see in person for sure but hope you do, it’s a very cool piece.
Congrats on the Elegante, I have expressed my interest multiple times to the boutique but now the list has become so full I can’t even submit a request…Someday😂
$16,000 quartz with an exhibition back showing the battery, a Timex-competetive lumed dial, a proprietary rubber band, and a screechy movement? And only a 4-year waiting time?
I just searched for this watch used and there are a number of examples starting at $49,000 going up to the better? examples going for a cool $60,000+. One is $66,629.00. That means our guy here just made a cool $33k to $50k - if he decides to sell it. I don't know what $16k gets you in the stock market after 4 years but my god I was not expecting it to be that much.
Absolutely not going to be for everyone, and even I have trouble in finding value in many watches above the 10k price point but there is some cool stuff going on. And sometimes luxury is not about what component parts are worth.
@@Nefville ya the prices are pretty ridiculous, but listing doesn’t mean sold price trust me 😂.
Too much. But thanks for a fine review!
I'm sure the wait made the watch more sweet. Enjoy your watch!
And nice review :)
Thank you! But I would’ve preferred it without the wait 😂😂
@@theknightswatch I've been waiting just over a year for a Chronometre Souverain. I hope it's not another 3 year wait...
@@TheWatchOut here’s to hoping it’s soon!
This thing is beautiful. Sure it’s way out of my budget, but if it wasn’t I’d be in line in a heart beat. Love pretty much everything about it except the strap situation. Excellent review as usual, thanks for bringing us such a wide variety of watches in an honest manner.
Absolutely, fantastic watch no doubt but not really going to make sense to most, hardly makes sense to me 😂. Appreciate you watching!
Thanks for sharing.
Anyway, the attraction for me would be the lumed-printed dial which evokes thoughts of silhouettes against a window-backed wall clock, like you would see in some old-timey train stations.
That’s a pretty cool visual and not something I connected it to
Why can't watchmakers stop bullying the 4 o'clock position
It did something horrible, now lost to time.
Thank you for another highly entertaining review. The only thing that bugs me is the huge cutout at the 4 o'clock and why some extreme small parts of number 4 are still present there. If their know that there will be a cut out there, why print 4 in the first place? isnt it better to just leave it blank and do the cut? Or just oversize the cutout so it cuts everything that remain of 4. This approach of "cut what we have and we dont care what is left" is just killing me.
I did forget to mention it but there were previous versions which basically had an almost invisible disk where at the right angle being contrasted by the rotor, the 4 would be filled completely. Was a real cool touch they got rid of at some point which is unfortunate. I do agree though you might as well not have the 4 but wearing it it doesn’t bother me much
@@theknightswatch I really admire you and your channel. As a viewer it is hard not to comment what I personally think of the watch - that's just internett and bad self control mixed together. However I hope that you can enjoy and have great time with your watch. You have a strong character and your channel Is definitely uniq because of it.
@@gcardinal very kind words thank you. Everyone is welcome to their opinion and sometimes it is interesting to “see a watch” through someone else’s eyes. Appreciate you watching the channel 🫡
This is a beautiful watch.
Can you imagine us with pitchforks and torches had you not shown us the hands re-setting?
One of your most interesting reviews in my opinion because of your philosophical take at the end when you summed it up. The watch is just sublime and I hope you wear it in good health … oh and by the way. I predict a white rubber strap from them before the battery runs out
Haha not a bad prediction Michael. And thank you. Appreciate your take on things. And absolutely the hand resetting was a must
Another excellent review 👍. That is a fascinating watch, I can see why you like it and the size looks perfect on your wrist, the larger size must be enormous! I have only two real criticisms, first the strap, 18mm standard lugs would have looked fine and opened up the option of a high quality leather strap the watch is crying out for. Second, I think they should have added hour hand adjustment for travelling to avoid stopping the watch, at that price they could have done it.
The hour hand adjustment would be a good point. Very functional but of course no idea how hard that would be to incorporate. The 16mm bothered me on paper but on the wrist it felt proportional, curious if 18 would feel too big or not. Either way you would need a more proprietary strap type to get it to fit anyway
Who did F.P. Journe collaborate with in Switzerland to modify this quartz movement?
I love this watch. It's one of my two favorites from Journe, the other being the Chronmètre Bleu. Over the years, this watch has starting edging out the Bleu.
My only gripe with this watch is the 30 meter water resistance. As you said, this is supposed to be a dressy sports watch. It should have 50 meters WR at a minimum, 100 meters preferably. 30 meters keeps it in the dress category whereas the case materials and rubber strap says sport.
$16k for any Journe is still worth the money. He's more than a brand. He's one of the finest watchmakers if the 20th century. When he dies, his genius will die with him.
The most overrated watchmaker in every respect! Mostly hype!
I agree the water resistance should probably be 50m or more, I’m sure they could get there but I doubt many people use it in the water. It would undoubtedly bolster its sports watch idea much more with more water resistance.
Does Titalyt mean that the watch is black throughout? or is it just a surface coating like pvd? Thanks for the in depth review. I've noticed that I actually largely prefer quartz watches and the elegante and citizen 0100 are on my hitlist. Hopefully the hype for journe will be less crazy, in 2030....
Ya it’s just a surface coating. Their proprietary treatment to the titanium, from what I’ve heard it holds up very well to normal wear and tear
I have never understood the hype about this watch. Seiko has had the same auto-relay quartz movement since 1998 so it's hard to say it's innovative.
Ny boutique ?
Flip that watch sir. Buy a watch you really want and save the rest ! And fair play to you for doing so 🤙🏼
While there is no comparison in terms of quality and technology, the sub $500 Vario 1918 has a better dial and same experience while winding! Just saying :)
Haha the 1918 maybe feels even better winding 😂
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What a nerve! With that money, which I don't have for a watch, i would be able to buy a Reverso duoface with moonphase indicator.
Having owned a reverso I don’t like that platform as much, but not to say every reverso is the same. But I get you!
one of my grails
Cool, but too costly. I'd rather have a GS.
FPJ have the gall to sell a quartz watch at 16k! Is this the entry to get on the wait list. Sorry, but this just screams cash grab.
Not an unfair point but I don’t think it’s purely a cash grab. The fact they don’t really advertise how many of them they make does make it sit a little more oddly. The full production of the elegante is almost half of the entire production of their mechanical pieces so it is likely something that helps keep the lights on.
@@theknightswatch I still think cash grab. Half the production? but is that half in units or half in man hours. I'd assume a mechanical watch would require 20-30x the man hours in comparison to the quartz. Engraving a quartz movement vs crafting/assembling a movement containing hundreds of parts. Something tells me FP realized his company is hitting the limits of the number of mechanical watches they can physically manufacture, thus decides to eek out extra units via high mark-up low resource units. Gall, but if people want to pay it, to each their own.
16,000 USD?? This watch is trading 40,000 EUR !!! Atleast