The new Centigraphe
Photo taken earlier today, at the presentation of the F.P. Journe Centigraphe: I'm sure that full specs will be posted later, I didn't get a chance to grab all the info....
Looks great. Love to get the dimensions. How fast does it beat to measure ...
a hundred of a second ? Love the circular Geneva waves on the mov't side. Scared to see the MSRP. Cheers
Ok Brad, I need the skinny: how's it done?
Second balance/escapement? High-speed remontoire? What gives, how does he get 100 ticks per second out of a 3 hz movement? _john PS - Oh yeah, and thanks! Very interesting stuff!
Francois Paul is my hero. Number one is le General deGaulle
I hope to live long enough to afford to purchase my third Journe, le Centigraphe. Merci
aesthetically, from the picture, I don't like it
I'm interested to learn more about the complication and reserve the right to change my mind when I see the piece in person, but I really do not like the design at all. The screwed on chrono subdials look like they were attached on top of a nicely designed...
Here's a link to see the Centigraphe in action...
My first inclination was uncertainty. Now, after viewing this short video as well as looking at some of the other pic's, this watch is absolutely amazing! The reset on the 10:00 sub dial is just smoking cool... I am wearing my Datograph today, which I tru...
Here's how...
The 21,000 v/h isn't really relevant since the second hand is driven by both the going train of the movement , working off the barrell, and the chronograph train, working off the barrel arbor. The flying second hand achives a full rotation of one second b...
