FP JOURNE vs. LAURENT FERRIER; CHRONOMETRE BLEU vs GALET MICRO ROTOR

Contact tmosso@thewatchbox.com for pricing and availability; Either I have it, or I can get it! FP Journe Chronometre Bleu (CB) vs. Laurent Ferrier Galet Micro-Rotor (LCF024.AC.CG7.1). It’s luxury watch match made in heaven, or Geneva, or perhaps both. We’ve taken two of the hottest names among the elite ranks of independent horology and gathered two of the most desirable – even iconic – luxury watch nameplates from these designer watch brands. It’s Laurent Ferrier, the old master from Patek Philippe, against FP Journe, the legend in his own time, this week on Versus. FP Journe’s Chronometre Blue is the rare entry-level model that defines a brand and inspires watch buyers to wait in line. If the “Elegante by FP Journe” quartz sub-brand is discounted, the Chronometre Bleu represents the point of entry for watch collectors seeking Journe ownership. Launched in 2009 and never a hotter commodity than it is today, the Chronometre Bleu’s retail price of $22,800 U.S. rises to about $30,000 pre-owned. FP Journe offers simplicity in compelling colors: tantalum and blue. The Chronometre Bleu’s namesake dial is a wonder of lacquer-like gloss gleam and a phantom metallic tone borne of the dial base. Vanilla print is used to create contrast and a measure of warmth that a conventional white ink wouldn’t convey. The 39mm case in tantalum is polished to a high shine, and by all accounts, it’s a monstrous thing to work at the factory level. Journe provides a manufacture caliber 1304 with m