FP Journe caliber 1403 TS

1403 TS description

Tourbillon Souverain

The new Tourbillon Souverain is endowed with the aesthetic characteristics and technical demands inherent to creations by F.P.Journe – Invenit et Fecit. Its mechanism uses the remontoir or constant force device system, which the brand values since 1983 for its timekeeping performances, and has now been enriched with an independent seconds system. This complication, representing a unique feature on a contemporary wristwatch, provides a more accurate read-off of time. The French term for "independent seconds", called "seconde morte" or "dead-beat seconds", stems from the fact that the hand remains motionless ("dead") for as long as the second has not actually elapsed, which means the hand thus indicates the second once it has actually gone past.