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Lot Essay
This awesome 40 mm. titanium and pink gold ‘Centigraphe Souverain Anniversaire Hong Kong’ was made in a tiny numbered edition of only 20 pieces to celebrate the 10th anniversary of F.P. Journe’s boutique in Hong Kong which opened in 2006. The present watch is one of the first batch of this ultra-exclusive Boutique Edition released in 2016. Presented in superb condition, it is accompanied by the full set of accessories.
F. P. Journe’s special edition boutique anniversary timepieces were created in appreciation of the clients of the brand’s worldwide boutiques. These highly exclusive and almost impossible to obtain watches were made in very small limited editions that were reserved for only the boutiques most loyal customers, each being personally approved by Mr. Journe. Boutique Editions such as the present Centigraphe have a completely different aesthetic to regular production pieces, regarded as the most beautiful versions, they are immediately recognizable by connoisseurs as Journe timepieces of the highest status.
The combination of colours of the Boutique Edition Centigraphe is visually stunning, the polished titanium case, ruthenium on gold dial with sapphire registers and pink gold screws perfectly contrast with and are accented by the 18K rose gold crown and rocker. The technically outstanding caliber 1506 manual winding movement has, in the established Journe tradition, a baseplate and bridges made from 18K rose gold.
Centigraphe Souverain
Produced between 2008 and 2018, it was born from the encounter between François-Paul Journe and collector Jean Todt, through the ICM foundation, the Centigraphe Souverain was developed with the aim of producing the ideal chronograph for the world of car racing. Following extensive research on the balance of power in a movement, energy loss, motricity and pushers, François-Paul Journe created an unprecedented chronograph able to measure elapsed time from a 100th of a second to ten minutes. The hand of the second dial at 2 o’clock is making a tour in 20 seconds, and the third hand of the dial at 6 o’clock, makes a tour in 10 minutes, the hand of the first dial at 10 o’clock makes a turn in one second on a scale marked in hundredths of a second, making it possible in theory to time an object moving at 360,000 km/h, or approximately 1/3000ths of the speed of light. The Centigraphe lead F.P. Journe towards winning the top prize of the Golden Hand Award at the Geneva watchmaking Grand Prix for the third time since the opening of his manufacture in 2000, the Centigraphe Souverain was recognised as an unprecedented creation.
The manually-wound mechanical movement is the first in the world equipped to measure elapsed times from from a 100th of a second to ten minutes. The watch is equipped with a patented re-set button in the band at two o'clock, which can be rocked back and forth to make the chronograph start, stop or return-to-zero. This system is an ingenious variation of the standard buttons used in chronograph watches on each side of the crown. Moreover, the maintaining power and power reserve in this watch are highly efficient. The mainspring barrel features a maintaining power system to ensure that the driving force does not decrease during winding. Without utilizing the chronograph function, the mainspring can supply a minimum of 100 hours of power reserve and 24 hours if the chronograph is being operated continuously.
F. P. Journe’s special edition boutique anniversary timepieces were created in appreciation of the clients of the brand’s worldwide boutiques. These highly exclusive and almost impossible to obtain watches were made in very small limited editions that were reserved for only the boutiques most loyal customers, each being personally approved by Mr. Journe. Boutique Editions such as the present Centigraphe have a completely different aesthetic to regular production pieces, regarded as the most beautiful versions, they are immediately recognizable by connoisseurs as Journe timepieces of the highest status.
The combination of colours of the Boutique Edition Centigraphe is visually stunning, the polished titanium case, ruthenium on gold dial with sapphire registers and pink gold screws perfectly contrast with and are accented by the 18K rose gold crown and rocker. The technically outstanding caliber 1506 manual winding movement has, in the established Journe tradition, a baseplate and bridges made from 18K rose gold.
Centigraphe Souverain
Produced between 2008 and 2018, it was born from the encounter between François-Paul Journe and collector Jean Todt, through the ICM foundation, the Centigraphe Souverain was developed with the aim of producing the ideal chronograph for the world of car racing. Following extensive research on the balance of power in a movement, energy loss, motricity and pushers, François-Paul Journe created an unprecedented chronograph able to measure elapsed time from a 100th of a second to ten minutes. The hand of the second dial at 2 o’clock is making a tour in 20 seconds, and the third hand of the dial at 6 o’clock, makes a tour in 10 minutes, the hand of the first dial at 10 o’clock makes a turn in one second on a scale marked in hundredths of a second, making it possible in theory to time an object moving at 360,000 km/h, or approximately 1/3000ths of the speed of light. The Centigraphe lead F.P. Journe towards winning the top prize of the Golden Hand Award at the Geneva watchmaking Grand Prix for the third time since the opening of his manufacture in 2000, the Centigraphe Souverain was recognised as an unprecedented creation.
The manually-wound mechanical movement is the first in the world equipped to measure elapsed times from from a 100th of a second to ten minutes. The watch is equipped with a patented re-set button in the band at two o'clock, which can be rocked back and forth to make the chronograph start, stop or return-to-zero. This system is an ingenious variation of the standard buttons used in chronograph watches on each side of the crown. Moreover, the maintaining power and power reserve in this watch are highly efficient. The mainspring barrel features a maintaining power system to ensure that the driving force does not decrease during winding. Without utilizing the chronograph function, the mainspring can supply a minimum of 100 hours of power reserve and 24 hours if the chronograph is being operated continuously.