New Wok- Recommendations

Seems vastly overpriced to me.
What sort of stove do you have? First, figure out if you need a flat bottomed wok for use on electric or induction stove, or if you can use the round bottomed kind (with or without an adapter, as needed).

Then buy a wok from San Francisco's Wok Shop, and spend less than half of the fancy French model you linked. It will be the same carbon steel, too. The Wok Shop: LINK

The Wok Shop is 45 years old, run by the awesome & interesting Tane Chan. Read about her & the shop here: LINK

+1 on the wok shop.
hand hammered carbon steel is what you want

get one with a welded handle on one end, the loop handle on the other end is optional. 99% of home kitchen use will be better served by a flat bottomed wok

its an excellent one-time investment

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Nice. I've got a traditional gas stove top. Can I use a round bottomed WOK?

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depends on the stove. Some stoves with bowl shaped burner surrounds that dip lower than the top of the stove (ie, unsealed burners) will take a round bottom wok easily. You just remove the round grate and plop the wok atop the burner. (My BlueStar works this way.) Others have square grates and/or sealed burners that require any pot to sit up above the burner--if that's the sort you have, flat bottom will work better.

You can buy a round adapter ring, but it usually raises the wok too high above the flame to cook properly.

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You can buy a round adapter ring, but it usually raises the wok too high above the flame to cook properly.

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yes it defeats the purpose of high heat.
one thing you can do if you have a round bottomed wok is to cook with it over a lit charcoal chimney starter