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F.P. JOURNE & LUDWIG OECHSLIN WIN FHH AWARDS
THE FONDATION DE LA HAUTE HORLOGERIE has presented its annual Hommage
au Talent and Hommage à la Passion awards to, respectively, François-Paul
Journe and Ludwig Oechslin.
Journe, an expert in restoration who has mastered watchmaking’s many
facets and established his Manufacture in Geneva in 1999, has received many
honors over the years, including the Prix Gaïa for best watchmaker, Chevalier
des Arts et des Lettres and six different awards at the grand Prix d’Horlogerie
of Geneva. The latest award comes as renewed recognition of his talent by an
independent jury, under the aegis of the FHH Cultural Council.
At the ceremony this spring, the FHH presented its second award, the
Hommage à la Passion, to Oechslin, known as an erudite horological constructor
and author of extraordinary astronomical watches. Notably, within Journe’s
Geneva headquarters stands a magisterial clock by C.L. Detouche that was
restored by Oechslin while he was director of the International Museum in La
Chaux De Fonds. Pictured: Ludwig Oechslin (left) and François-Paul Journe
FREDERIQUE CONSTANT UNVEILS MEASURING CLIP
FREDERIQUE CONSTANT NOW OFFERS MORE THAN MECHANICAL, quartz and smart watches. The Geneva-based company now sells the Frederique
Constant Analytics clip, a device that when attached to a watch will measure its accuracy.
With this clip and the SwissConnect Analytics App, users can measure the accuracy of their mechanical watches easily, and without the need for
the types of measuring devices typically found on watchmaker tables worldwide. After clipping the device to the watch, and when connected to
the Analytics App, the device will display (within at least ±0.2s/day) a chart showing the timing of the watch’s oscillating balance wheel, depicted in
audio waveform in real time. The result is plotted in a chart, which can be saved for later reference. Also, Analytics can record and save a long-time
measurement for hours to analyze the long-time performance.
Once the user has registered his or her private account, the Analytics app will back up the watch’s measurements to the cloud and keep data
available anywhere. The user can easily restore data if he or she switches to a new smartphone. The $129 device is available at Frederique Constant
authorized retailers and through the Frederique Constant webstore at: http://frederiqueconstant.com/analytics/.
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