Avant-garde and a true pioneer of haute horlogerie, Francois-Paul Journe’s constant strive for ground breaking timepiece captured the hearts of many astute collectors. Since the debut of the world premiere Tourbillon Souverain remontoire system in 1991, it took a decade long of yearning until the reveal of the TN Model (“Tourbillon Nouveau”) with an innovative inclusion of the dead beat second, hence Remontoire d’Egalité avec Seconde Morte. An art of making time stand still, the complication requires the utmost precision to reliably stop and restart the seconds hand as the escapement continues to beat—not moving until one second has elapsed, then jumps to the next second. Enriched with a deadbeat seconds complication, the timepiece with constant force mechanism results much higher accuracy on precise time reading.

Exceptional with beauty and complexity, the second generation is upsized from 38mm to 40mm with a fresh 18K pink gold movement. With the availability between platinum and pink gold, only about a hundred were ever produced and is no doubt an avidly sought-after piece by collectors. The present platinum model is amongst the most remarkable out of all, the rarefied black label that is exclusively made available to existing owner of Journe timepieces. Offered from each official boutique per month with only one or two pieces, the present Black label Tourbillon Souverain with the elusive nuanced palette was discontinued in 2018.

Quintessence of the watchmaker’s maturity, and truly a rare opportunity for connoisseurs to acquire such esteemed masterpiece. The present timepiece is furthermore offered by its original owner with its full original accessories.