F.P. Journe Élégante 40 mm Titanium with Inserts Ref. ELT Titanium White Dial

The insert version puts rubber into the titanium case itself rather than leaving it to the strap, which softens the flat tortue outline and takes the knocks a watch like this collects. It is the most practical Élégante of the lot. The configuration is out of production and turns up less often than the plain titanium version does. Inserts were a short lived idea on this case, and Journe dropped them without ever explaining why.

The case measures 40 by 35 mm in titanium with the inserts worked into it, and the white center sits inside the usual ring of screwed steel elements. Rubber on the case and rubber on the strap makes the whole watch close to indestructible in daily use, which was always the brief for the line. It sleeps when still and resets itself the moment it is picked up off a surface again.