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F.P. Journe Watch Boxes, Toys, and Hats Show How Big The Hype Is - HODINKEE

F.P. Journe Watch Boxes, Toys, and Hats Show How Big The Hype Is - HODINKEE

F.P. Journe Watch Boxes, Toys, and Hats Show How Big The Hype Is - HODINKEE
Nov 27, 2022 3 mins, 41 secs

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We've minimized the paperwork and maximized protection, so you can stop worrying about your watches and focus on enjoying them.

Wherever you are on planet Earth, your watches are protected.

Each of your watches is covered up to 150% of the insured value (up to the total value of the policy).

The fastest and most secure way to protect the watches you love.

We've minimized the paperwork and maximized protection, so you can stop worrying about your watches and focus on enjoying them.

Wherever you are on planet Earth, your watches are protected.

Each of your watches is covered up to 150% of the insured value (up to the total value of the policy).

There's a narrative you can tell about the November watch auctions that goes something like this: The hype is dying down, especially on mass-produced modern watches, but truly rare, special stuff is still doing just fine?

Journe toys sold for CHF 25,200 at Christie's Geneva auction.

Before that, a Journe box sold for CHF 37,800.

This past auction season, some Journe watches got pulled back from the shore, with nothing but a faint high-water mark to point to as proof of their previous highs.

For example, a trio of early Journe tourbillons (1, 2, 3) with brass movements sold between CHF 441,000 and CHF 478,000, about 25 percent off their results from last season.

First, that Journe presentation box sold at Christie's for CHF 37,800?

Just last year, a display box for five Journe Souscription watches sold at Phillips for CHF 100,800 (it was numbered "No. 1" to go along with the five Souscription watches that also sold at that auction)?

Last year, Sotheby's sold a set of these five watches for about $870,000 total ($30,000 of that went to the box)?

If we're pressure-testing the narrative we began with, these watches fall firmly under the "truly rare, special stuff that's doing just fine." Sure, the rarity is great, but these watches are also special: This was Journe revisiting its greatest hits: Journe's first two models were the Tourbillon Souverain and the Resonance, and they remain the watchmaker's most recognizable and collectible.

By the way, two of those 2015 steel watches – the Automatique and the Calendrier – retailed for less than the auction result for this box.

But still – a box without any of these watches is, well, an empty and fairly useless square of wood. .

Streetwear brand BAIT collaborated with Journe earlier this year to produce a limited set of its KOKIES toys (BAIT also collaborated on a limited-edition Moser Streamliner this year; founder Eric Peng Cheng is a huge watch collector).

Journe figure, both cloaked in his blue blazer, along with mini versions of seven of Journe's watches: the Francis Ford Coppola x F.P.

Journe Only Watch "FFC Blue" Prototype, the Chronomètre Bleu, and a complete set of Journe's five Souscription watches.

Three of the watches to put on your dolls.

Well, just a few months later, one enterprising consignor sent their KOKIES set to Christie's, where it sold for that playful price of CHF 25,200.

(We've also covered the Journe pens that show up at auction every once in a while, typically selling for five figures.)

With that, I decided I needed some on-the-ground (and in the club) perspective on what's really happening – how aware is the average person, or even the average watch collector, of François-Paul Journe

Then, maybe about a year ago, I started to get comments along the lines of, "I love my 'insert hype watch here' but recently, I've been super into Journe." Journe

Did they own a Journe watch or were they just throwing out the name for clout points

Upon my return to New York, I gave the hat to my boyfriend (who knows nothing about watches and who, frankly, doesn't really care to know; it's better for me this way) to wear one afternoon without giving him much context

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