As for his upcoming museum, the watchmaker will not reveal what else can be exhibited on the new area till it opens. “It will likely be a shock,” he says. This requires hypothesis as to what Journe Museum guests, who’re fortunate sufficient to safe an appointment, is likely to be handled to.
Journe has been a visual determine at public auctions in Geneva lately, shopping for up a lot of his personal items, together with a Chronomètre Souverain, ‘Dubai Boutique’ version with a inexperienced dial, bought for CHF 139,700 on the identical Phillips public sale because the Sympathique No. 1. “I do not purchase a lot of my watches for the Museum, as our assortment is already ample. After I can, I buy for the Patrimoine [heritage or history], which is completely different,” he says.
