Andrews already told me about this last month ...
Factories will never make F.P Journe even less after a year like this
They too had to suffer severely, the priority will be to make the figure and quickly therefore classic models, widely distributed but efficient. The last 2 ZF models attest to this… the Patek 6007, 5153 is clearly intended for the internal Chinese market.
We are far from European tastes and expectations in terms of quality, and what is more, passionate like us ...
But...
Makes perfect sense. Also i wouldn't get my hopes up regarding FPJ reps. These haute horlogerie brands are near impossible to rep. Mostly because of the lack of movements that can be used, as explained below but also because of the finishing/finesse. A. Lange & Söhne is a perfect example. Every gen is amazing to hold in hand, it oozes of quality. Even the cheapest watch they make, the saxonia thin has very high quality finishing.
Therefore it will be a completely different watch in hand. Same problem with FPJ when held in hand. Also the movements are gold, decoration plates would look weird.
The biggest problem though is as mentioned the lack of movements that have the layout of complications like in FPJ watches:
- The Chronometre Tourbillon with the hacking seconds and hour/minutes at 3, power reserve at 12: Simply no rep movement available
- The Chronometre Resonance - no explanation needed
- The chrono has 1/100 seconds display
- The Octa - no movement with the layout
- The "simple" chronometre souverain: Big problem is the power reserve at 3, which there is no movement available for, and is a problem to make also for established brands because the crown stem goes in there.
- The only watch that maybe doesn't have a movement layout problem is the Chronometre Bleu, which "only" has a small seconds at 7. I think there is one rep movement available for that constellation. Problem would be the blue lacquered dial which will be very difficult to achieve.