F.P. Journe Vagabondage Ref. V Limited Series Platinum Slate Grey Dial Limited Edition of 69

The Vagabondage came out of a case shape Journe drew years before he had a brand to put it on, a tortue that sits low and long rather than round. The hour travels across the dial on a sapphire disc instead of being pointed at, an idea borrowed from eighteenth century wandering hour clocks and almost never seen on a wrist since. The whole series was built in short runs and none of it came back.

The platinum case measures 41 by 34 mm in the flat tortue outline. The dial is slate gray, with the hour showing through an aperture in a rotating sapphire disc and the minutes read around the outer track, which is built from screwed steel elements. Nothing about the layout resembles a conventional watch face, and reading it takes a moment the first few times. The steel outer track is screwed down rather than printed.