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F.P. Journe

Technical Specifications Summary

 


Indications:

Central hours and minutes
One-second chronograph hand at 10'clock
20-seconds chronograph hand at 2 o'clock
10-minutes chronograph hand at 6 o'clock

Dimensions:

Total diameter 34.4mm
Casing-up diameter 34.0mm
Overall height 5.6mm

Movement features:

Central mainspring driving through the barrel and the arbor 15-tooth,
Free-sprung balance with four adjusting weights
Anachron balance-spring
Mobile stud-holder
Pinned collet and stud
Three-position winding crown
Against the case, disengaged
Position 2, winding
Position 3, tiem-setting

Calibre: 1506

Characteristics:

Manual winding
100th-second chronograph
Gold movement

Balance:

Frequency: 21,600 v/h (3Hz)
Inertial: 11.0 mg/cm2
Angle of lift: 52%

Amplitude:

0h dial up: >300 degrees
24h dial up: > 240 degrees

Power reserve:

60 hours without chronograph.
30 hours, chronograph running.

Jewels: 49

Finish:

High grade
Circular stripes on the bridges
Circular-grained baseplate
Polished and bevelled screws
Pegs with rounded, polished ends
Bevelled steel-work with brushed surfaces

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The new Centigraphe

 
By: Sean : April 16th, 2007-09:31
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 ...

 
By: mphilippe : April 16th, 2007-10:50
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?

 
By: ei8htohms : April 16th, 2007-15:20
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

 
By: Marcel Philipper : April 16th, 2007-17:56
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

 
By: SteveH : April 16th, 2007-17:59
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...

 
By: The Goal is Soul : April 16th, 2007-20:19
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...

 
By: bs22fly : April 20th, 2007-07:20
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...