The famous watch company F.P.Journe has recently unveiled “Vagabondage II”, the second chapter of the Vagabondage Limited Series. With 69 pieces in platinum and 68 pieces in 18K red gold, this extremely limited watch will be available in all authorized F.P.Journe points of sale. This extraordinary model continues one of the more interesting lineages in modern watchmaking.

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Antiquorum, F.P. Journe created three unique pieces in rose, white and yellow gold in 2004. These unique pieces are exclusively available at a Geneva charity auction in favour of the ICM, the Research Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord Diseases in Paris. They were F.P.Journe creations, but with an unusual shape. For the first time, the Geneva Manufacture created a watch with a flat Tortue-shaped case and a dial without the F.P.Journe signature. The pieces sold for three times their value.

The acclaimed Vagabondage I watch was released just following the charity auction, as a limited series of 69 pieces in platinum with an 18K rose gold movement. This series sold out with no promotion or publicity of any kind – not even a picture. Now, a new series – Vagabondage II – arrives on the scene. It differs from the original series but retains the same flavor. This second edition presents a manually-wound movement and an original digital time display, with small seconds at 6 and power reserve at 12. The 18K rose gold movement is visible through the dial in smoked sapphire crystal, also without the F.P.Journe signature.

The two variations for the Vagabondage II are identical to each other in external design, except for the material for windows and hands. Owners of a Vagabondage I will be given priority for the purchase of an identical limited number from the Vagabondage II series. A third Vagabondage edition will very likely be created as new technical advances dictate. Each watch of the “Vagabondage” series will have an original digital display system.