F. P. Journe, legally Montres Journe SA, is a Swiss-French^[1] high-end watch Manufacture d'horlogerie founded in 1999, June 27th by François-Paul Journe. The only three-time winner of the Aiguille d'Or grand prize from the Fondation du Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève,^[2] Journe focuses on complex precision chronometers^[3] with a production of around 800 watches per year.^[4] 20% of the company was acquired by Chanel in 2018 for an undisclosed amount.^[5]

F.P.Journe is the only watchmaker still based in central Geneva,^[6] with company headquarters, manufacturing facilities, and an exhibition space with library housed in a converted gaslamp factory in the Coulouvrenière Rois neighborhood.^[7][8][9] F.P. Journe also owns its own casemaker, Les Boîtiers de Genève, and its own dialmaker, Les Cadraniers de Genève, housed in the same facility in Meyrin,^[10] a municipality in the Canton of Geneva.

The company's motto, Invenit et Fecit (Latin for "[He] invented it and made it"), denotes that the company designs and builds the entirety of the watch movements.^[4][11][12]

François-Paul Journe was born in Marseille in 1957.^[13] An unruly child, he was sent to a local technical college at the age of 14. He went on to graduate from the Paris watchmaking school in 1976.

The motto of the brand, Invenit et Fecit (Latin for "[He] invented it and made it") denotes that the company designs and builds the entirety of the movements.^[4][11] Journe's movement designs are original and he has invented completely new systems, such as the resonance chronometer.^[14]

Journe was interviewed in 2008 by Lusso magazine. The writer, Oliver Walston, said "He welcomed me with a big smile, but perhaps this is because I already own two of his watches".^[14]

F.P. Journe has won the Aiguille d'Or grand prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie on three occasions: In 2004 for the Tourbillon Souverain à seconde morte,^[2] the current-generation Tourbillon Souverain with dead beat seconds; in 2006 for the Sonnerie Souverain,^[2] both a Grande Sonnerie and a Petite Sonnerie for which F.P. Journe received 10 patents;^[14][15] and in 2008 for the Centigraphe Souverain,^[2] a chronograph with timekeeping isolated from chronograph mechanism, allowing the chronograph to measure hundredths of a second despite a 3 Hz movement.^[16] No other manufacture has won the Aiguille d'Or more than twice.

F.P. Journe has also won four category prizes at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie: the 2002 Special Jury Prize for the Octa Calendrier; the 2003 Men's Watch Prize for the Octa Lune; the 2005 Men's Watch Prize for the Chronomètre Souverain; and the 2010 Complicated Watch Prize for the Chronomètre à Résonance.^[2]

F.P. Journe watches are only available through company-owned boutiques and official retail partnerships (branded as "ESPACE F.P. Journe"). The current ten company-owned boutiques, listed in order of opening date, are located in:

• Tokyo, opened May 2003
• Hong Kong, opened October 2006
• Geneva, opened April 2007
• New York City, opened November 2009
• Paris, opened December 2009
• Los Angeles, opened July 2013
• Beirut, opened September 2014
• Kyiv, opened February 2017
• Miami, opened March 2019
• Dubai, opened October 2019
• London, opened September 2023

In 2016, F.P. Journe launched Patrimoine Service, an official program that acquires out-of-production watches for interested collectors.^[25] F.P. Journe purchases, authenticates, and services the watches at their Geneva headquarters, then resells the watches via their official boutiques and online platforms such as Watchbox.^[25][26][27] A new guarantee card, box, and three-year warranty accompany all watches sold via the Patrimoine Service.^[27] F.P. Journe is the first Swiss manufacture to offer such a service.^[25]