F.P. Journe Élégante 40 mm Titanium 12 Rows of Diamonds Ref. ELT Titanium White Dial (2026)

Twelve rows of diamonds set into untreated titanium rather than the hardened Titalyt version, with a white center keeping the dial pale against them. Bare titanium is softer and marks more readily, so the choice was aesthetic rather than practical. The setting is the same across both finishes, and both remain in the range, which gives buyers a choice between a harder case and a softer look. Very few houses set titanium in the first place.

The flat tortue case is 40 by 35 mm in titanium, with the stones running around it in twelve rows. A white sapphire center sits inside the usual outer ring of screwed steel elements. Diamonds on a gray metal case is not a combination anyone else builds, and the strap is still rubber, which is the joke the whole line has always rested on. Nobody expects stones on a sports case.