F.P. Journe - The Centigraphe, initially model in the new Activity line | New watchesPress releaseFrançois-Paul Journe, constructor and grasp watchmaker in long lasting quest for precision and ground breaking horological mechanic discloses a brand new time measurement - sportive and exceptional. F.P.Journe is launching the primary mechanical chronograph of substantial horology over a wrist watch fully in aluminium alloy: case, bracelet and motion.F.P.Journe has chosen the Centigraphe as 1st timepiece to introduce its new collection, the "lineSport". A set of latest watches of an astounding lightness, believed and conceived specifically for a proficient sportive activity, and that will include watches with handbook and automatic winding.
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This selection has actually been influenced by a significant collector, aficionado of F.P.Journe watches, who committed himself in many marathon and triathlon competitions and wished to obtain an ultra gentle sporting activities watch, coupled that has a movement of reliable superior horology. With its measure of a a centesimal 2nd, the Centigraphe Souverain seemed to become the best match to excel in his activities, where by every single second is counted. As in every thing he undertakes, the collector goes beyond his ambitions and commits himself having an complete dedication to attain his purpose. So that you can outshine within this new subject, he adjusted his lifestyle greatly. From epicurean, he grew to become a learn of dietetics and managed to unfastened an amazing amount of excess weight inside a document time, although preserving exceptional wellbeing. Tudor Classic replica watches F.P.Journe required to pay for tribute on the psychological and physical accomplishment of the businessman who just like himself, commenced from scratch to be certainly one of the most significant results stories, and nowadays an extreme sportsman, sacrificing every thing to his enthusiasm. F.P.Journe undertook long researches to locate an ultra mild and resistant material to obtain his excellent calibres ; while maintaining the expectations of higher horology that inhabit his daily life. The Centigraphe Activity consequently offers the pretty very first F.P.Journe wristwatch fully made of aluminium alloy, movement, circumstance and bracelet, during the look for for complete ease and comfort and excessive lightness. The watch in its totality only weighs fifty five grams. The passage from 18K rose gold - useful for all the F.P.Journe actions - to aluminium wasn't without difficulty, for obvious complex factors. F.P.Journe took his exploration into a larger degree in an aesthetical quest to complete an appropriate distinction in colours. F.P.Journe perfected distinctive ways of special processing as a way to make the aluminium scratch resistant and give it anti corrosive and anti-allergic attributes. Rubber inserts are fastened by having an outstanding course of action to your end of every website link of the aluminium bracelet, the perimeters on the situation and the titanium crown to be able to competently protect the watch from any chocks, much like the bumper of an historical automobile.The folding clasp in aluminium, engraved with all the F.P.Journe signature is also coated that has a rubber coating. Furthermore, it provides an adjustment program of the half url dimensions (4mm approx. replica cheap armani watches for men ). F.P.Journe has also dedicated in favour with the Japanese individuals after the earthquake and tsunami of last March 2011.
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Hong Kong, 30 mai 2011 - Although this unreleased selection had not but been presented towards the general public nor on the push, François-Paul Journe experienced supplied the initial Centigraphe Activity timepiece numbered 001 in favour of your earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. It absolutely was auctioned by Christie's of their Hong Kong sale of May twenty, 2011. The overall sum from the sale, including the Christie's 20% buyer's fee has actually been soaring to a wonderful HK$ 3,620,000 /US$ 465,one hundred seventy, shut to ten moments its primary estimate. It has fully been donated to the franco-japanese Foundation de Fere http://fondationdefere.wordpress.com/ and to Medical doctors with the Globe Japan, http://www.mdm.or.jp/ for that building of a local community centre in Ishinomaki, in the vicinity of Sendai over the Japanese coast, to reunite family members victims with the tsunami and earthquake in Japan.Tokyo, June third, 2011 The fund donation ceremony occurred for the Embassy of Switzerland in Tokyo on June third, 2011, within the existence of his Excellence the Ambassador Mr. Urs Bucher, Mr. François-Paul Journe, Ms. Yuko Fukagawa from Christie's Japan, Mr Richard Bliah, founding father of the franco-japanese FERE foundation, and the consultant of Medecins du Monde. The amazing consequence with the Centigraphe Sport charity sale of is enabling to finance the major part of this local community centre.Godfather on the Centigraphe Souverain, Jean Todt stays the initiator of F.P.Journe's engagement toward l'ICM Institute of Brain and Spinal Twine in Paris - to assist fight diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Many Sclerosis…In paying for the Centigraphe Activity, in keeping with the Centigraphe Souverain, you are also supporting the clinical research performed via the ICM. Along with Professor Gerard Saillant, Luc Besson, Jean Reno, Jean Todt, Michelle Yeoh and Michael Schumacher, amongst others, François-Paul Journe has committed towards the ICM in donating 30% from the profits from the sale of each and every Centigraphe Activity into the ICM, with no deadline. (www.icm-institute.org)The Centigraphe Sport will then be readily available as from September completely while in the F.P.Journe Boutiques in: Paris, The big apple, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Beijing.The hand-wound mechanical movement of the Centigraphe indicates elapsed occasions from a a centesimal of the next to 10 minutes, visible on three dials, each and every using a time scale in pink watches copy ..
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The indicationsThe 100th of the second hand revolves all-around the dial in a single 2nd on the scale marked in hundredths of a 2nd. Within the dial at two o'clock, the hand revolves after every twenty seconds on the time scale divided into seconds. The third dial, at 6 o'clock is graduated for ten minutes.Patented ergonomic chronograph The chronograph is started off, stopped and zeroed by a rocker at 2 o'clock from the case band, as a substitute on the regular buttons on possibly facet in the crown. This ergonomic style and design, correctly equipped on the wristwatch, is patented.Patented chronograph mechanism A second patent was granted with the mechanism's ingenious configuration, which successfully isolates the chronograph from the timekeeping function. This suggests the equilibrium amplitude is unaffected when the chronograph is working.The palms in the a hundredth of the next counter, the 20 seconds, along with the 10 minutes hand are driven by 2 unique wheel trains, by themselves driven from the centre of your mainspring (patented).A further individual teach of wheels, also driven because of the barrel arbor, drives the 10-minutes hand. 1/100th next recorder handThe a hundredth of the second's hand, produced via the watch's escapement, tends to make 1 revolution on the dial per second. A wheel mounted on the escape wheel (4th wheel of your heading train) releases the arbor to which the hand is fitted. The seconds are pushed by the likely educate through the barrel, and by the energy with the chronograph practice, as transmitted because of the barrel arbor.A person ingenious feature with the a centesimal of a 2nd is the fact it could be stopped everywhere alongside its one-second journey around its dial, even amongst two 100th-second divisions, enabling a fractional examining.This is certainly reached by vertically disengaging the pinion of your one hundredth of a next hand from that of the escapement, which presses over the pivot shank and acts as a brake. Return to zeroThe 20-seconds hand and the 10-minutes hand arbors are zeroed by hammer levers acting on snail cams. The one hundredth of the 2nd hand is stopped at zero by a beak protruding from its pinion, which presses over a lever and so blocks the chronograph coach.Protecting energy and power reserveThe barrel features a sustaining electricity program in order to assure the driving force does not lessen during winding. The mainspring supplies a minimum of 100 hours of electricity reserve without the chronograph, and 24 several hours along with the chronograph managing.Technological specificationsMovement: Calibre 1506 Manual winding Movement in aluminium alloy Dimensions on the Movement:Total diameter: 34.40mm Casing-up diameter: 34.00mm Overall top: 5.60mm Height of fingers: 1.45mm Height of winding stem: 2.69mmDiameter of stem thread: S1.20mmBalance:Free-sprung balance Four adjustable inertia weightsAnachron absolutely free sprung harmony springMobile stud holdersPinned GE studSpring pinned to the colletFrequency: 21,600v/h (3Hz)Inertia: 10.ten mg/cm2Angle of elevate: 52°Amplitude: 0h dial up: > 320°24h dial up: > 280°Escapement In-line lever escapement - 15-tooth escape wheelIndications Central hrs and minutesOne-second chronograph: hand at 10 o'clock20-seconds chronograph: hand at two o'clock10-minutes chronograph: hand at 6 o'clockChronograph Separate chronograph teach pushed by directly with the mainspring 1/100th second readoutPower Reserve 100 hrs while using the chronograph stopped24 hours along with the chronograph runningFinishes Circular stripes over the bridgesCircular graining around the baseplatePolished screw heads with chamfered slotsPegs with polished rounded endsStraight-grained steel workCase Aluminium alloy with rubber insertsDiameter:
42.00mmTotal height: 11.60mmDial Aluminium alloy and transparent sapphireCrown Titanium with rubber coatingBracelet Aluminium alloy with rubber insertsDeployant Clasp Aluminium with rubber coating, adjustableControl Rocker arm to start, stop and zero the chronograph3 position winding crownPosition 0, disengagedPosition one, windingPosition two, time-settingNumber of Parts Movement with out dial 284Cased up with strap 324Jewels 50Rubber 72Weight Total fat: 55 gMovement alone 12 gSapphire glass 7 g