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You're welcome...
...I think the Centrigraphe will end up being one of THE "modern classic" chronographs (if that's not too much of an oxymoron), alongside the Datograph and perhaps the Duometre.
Tim
Wind up Souverain Test
Curious how many winds your Journe takes to reach full power! For my Resonance it takes about 40 winds. How about your Resonance, CS, Remontoir, Dead Seconds or Centigraphe?
Oh Rats...
...I just wound the Centigraphe this morning from nothing to fully wound before reading this post.... Will have to wait for a few days and then I can answer!! Tim
So, for the Centigraphe ...
... I count 23 turns to wind fully. I'm not actually sure how to measure a "turn" technically, but if it is the movement between thumb and forefinger, then there are 23 of them to wind this watch. Here are some pictures, as requested. Loving it. Tim...
Very cool watch!
Almost missed seeing these beautiful pics. of the Centigraph - brilliant! Major congrats Tim.
So, either...
...the mainsprings for the Centigraphe are of a varying length, or (more likely) we have non-DIN standard thumbs... Tim
The indications
The flying-seconds hand at 10 o’clock goes around the dial in one second against a scale marked in hundredths of a second, making it theoretically possible to time an object moving at 360,000 km/h, or approximately 1/3000ths of the speed of light. On the ...
oh right! thanks for the...
oh right! thanks for the explanation. bit complicated for me i think. best Graham