F. P. Journe

Chronomètre à Résonance François-Paul Journe's signature idea puts two independent balances in one movement and lets them interact through resonance. Launched in 2000, it was the first wristwatch to use the resonance phenomenon, and it set the tone for a maker who designs his own movements and treats precise timekeeping as the point rather than decoration. For anyone learning the scene, it is the clearest example of an independent taking an old, half-forgotten piece of horological science and making it his own.