F.P.Journe – Limited SERIES Vagabondage I 6N Gold Series Edition 2022
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Vagabondage I Gold
Final chapter of a trilogy started 18 years ago
In 1997, François-Paul Journe created for a friend a model equipped with a unique automatic movement housed in a round yellow Gold case, named CarpeDiem. This piece features a dial with a wandering jump hour display around a central exposed balance wheel.
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Later, François-Paul Journe developed a wandering hours wristwatch with a hand-wound movement, almost mimicking the dial of the CarpeDiem, though redesigned to fit into a Flat Tortue® case. Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp1PZMbniKOfNasxcuLIBWqMLtWi0Y-pGmn6fDOIIv53UPFeRUoUu-2YnnkUCjcTtLh8ma9pS_7tj50mvWZBSOGxDKiIlOL_6-rQwEwO_qQKpFMg8SgRRSIjHU2hzUKek-W75XUh0W1sRyVQyeYKxohfXGwQzdFT4ayLP19vWk5h5xQ-_kbpJLRmgig/w640-h472/FPJ-Carpe%20diem_3B.jpg)
However, busy with other projects, he decided to leave this model at the prototype stage.
In 2003, François-Paul Journe was contacted by Antiquorum, which was organizing a charity sale for its 30th anniversary for the benefit of the ICM Foundation. They were looking for a "unique piece", within a limited timeframe of six months. Seeing it impossible to come up with something new in such a short time, he decided to rework the Vagabondage prototype.
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In the end, it is not just one, but three unique "
Vagabondage" pieces that were presented: one with a rose Gold case, one in yellow Gold, and one in white Gold, all with Brass movements.
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For aesthetic reasons, the brand name is completely absent from the dial. The auction having been a real success,
François-Paul Journe received many requests to include the model in his production, and to make it available to a wider public of collectors; which he agreed to do, but in very limited production, given the aesthetic dissimilarity with his other creations at the time.
2004: Vagabondage I Platinum - Caliber 1504
Vagabondage I is the first timepiece edited in a limited production of 69 Platinum cases with rose Gold movement.
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It features digital jumping hours in a wandering window, which position indicates the minutes. Just as the trilogy offered at auction in 2003, the dial is free of any inscriptions.
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This particularity will be kept, as well as the use of a hand-wound movement.
2010: Vagabondage II - Caliber 1509
In keeping with the stylistic trademark of its predecessor, the Vagabondage II was cased in a Flat Tortue® case in Platinum, but with a digital hours and digital minutes time display.
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Given its growing reputation and community,
François-Paul Journe decided to produce
68 pieces in
6N Gold, in addition to the
69 Platinum cases.
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To the series collectors, he offers each owner of a
Vagabondage I the opportunity to acquire the same serial number for the
Vagabondage II.
2017: Vagabondage III - Caliber 1514
In 👉2017, the last series appears, coupled with a world first: The Vagabondage III features a digital hours and digital seconds display. This function has never been developed in watchmaking due to its demanding complexity.
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The Vagabondage III is limited to 68 pieces in 6N gold, in addition to 69 in Platinum. Once again, François-Paul Journe offers the first allocations to the owners of the Vagabondage II bearing the same number.
2022: Vagabondage I Gold - Caliber 1504.2
To complete the Gold trilogy, F.P.Journe presents this last iteration, which is however not an exact copy of the Vagabondage I Platinum introduced in 2004.
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ointing to a gap of nearly
18 years, the
Vagabondage I Gold features an updated movement, reference
1504.2, still manually wound, and a
45.2 x 37.5 mm case.
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As François-Paul Journe says: “The first Vagabondage can be considered as a prototype at the time. We now have the experience to make a better, more reliable caliber and so the movement is a new and more updated movement compared to the first attempt. The first was calibre 1504 and this new one is 1504.2.”
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As with the previous
Vagabondages, this model will be on application, with priority given to to collectors with matching serial numbers of the
Vagabondages II and
III in Gold.
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Collection: Limited SERIES
Model: VAGABONDAGE I 6N Gold Edition
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Movement Calibre 1504.2 in 18K rose Gold
Manual winding
21 jewels
Dimensions of the movement : * Overall dimensions : 29.30 x 28.20 mm
* Casing-up dimensions : 27.30 x 27.30 mm
* Overall height : 5.00 mm
* Height of winding system : 2.50 mm
* Diameter of stem thread : S0.90 mm
Balance : Balance with 16 screws
Flat Anachron microflamed spring
Mobile stud holder
Nivatronic laser-welded to the collet
Pinned GE stud
Frequency : 21.600 VPH, 3 HzAmplitude : 12h dial up:
300°
12h vertical:
270°
Principal characteristics : Straight line lever escapement 15 teeth
Two-position crown
Two barrels in parallel
Power reserve :
50 ± 2 hours
Indication : Indication of hours in a mobile window which position indicates the minutes
Decoration : High grade
Partly circular-grained base plate
Straight Geneva waves on the bridges
Polished screw heads with chamfered slots
Pegs with polished rounded end
Steel components polished and bevelled
Case Flat Tortue® shape:
45.20 x 37.50 mm
Height: 7.60 mm
Number of components : Movement:
168 Cased on leather strap:
189BraceletBack alligator strap
Limited Series : 68 pieces in 18K 6N Gold
Price:
on application
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Press release - 2022
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