F P Journe

[stavros_ch]

Μηχανικά είναι πολύ εντυπωσιακά, αλλά η αισθητική τους και το στυλ τους δε μου ταιριάζει!

Φιλικά
Νίκος

Σε αυτο συμφωνουμε φιλε.
Μηχανικα ομως ειναι το κατι αλλο.

[marios_ch]

F.P. Journe Centigraphe Souverain Watch Review



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http://blog.perpetuelle.com/index.php/w ... ch-review/

[stavros_ch]

Τα λογια ειναι περιττα
Εργοστασιο.

[Megalos]

χρονογραφος υψιλων προδιαγραφων παιδια
που εισαι Θοδωρη που σου αρεσουν οι χρονογραφοι ... ενα υψιλο στανταρ

[eisenberg]

που εισαι Θοδωρη που σου αρεσουν οι χρονογραφοι ...

Εδω ειμαι Κωστα....τί τα θες αυτα,μη τα ζηλευεις....fodroyante και φουαντρε Υφαντης....να γυριζει ετσι σα παλαβος ο δεικτης να σε πιανει τιποτα ιλιγγος και να χουμε αλλα μετα....


Τι ρολοι ειναι αυτο ρε παιδιααααααα
ΑΠΙΣΤΕΥΤΟ!

[marios_ch]

Exclusive Hands-On With The FP Journe Centigraphe Sport: Completely Aluminum, And Scary Light





http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2011/8/22/ ... -comp.html

[Megalos]

πραγματικα πολυ ενδιαφερουσα δημιουργια ... με αλουμινιο !!!
σπανιο οπως αναφερω και ο ξενος φιλος
<< Hi guys, just to provide a little context, there have been all aluminum watches before, most notably made by Vacheron Constantin in the 1930s (as seen here http://bit.ly/qOnABb) Several American manufacturers experimented with aluminum as well in the 1880s. I'm not aware of any other wristwatches with aluminum movements though (unless you count Richard Mille's RM 009, which uses aluminum alloys for both the movement plate and the case.) >>

[stavros_ch]

Απιστευτο!

[snapper]

Πραγματι.. ...

[marios_ch]

F.P. Journe Octa Sport Watch



F.P. Journe is really pushing aluminum as its sport watch material of course. I've written in the past about not understanding why they would choose aluminum, which is a soft and easily dented metal for a super high-end luxury watch. It is very light, and I guess they like the quirk. Titanium has really usurped most aluminum use, but I think aluminum is still technically a bit lighter (just not stronger). The watch is just 53 grams in weight. According to F.P. Journe they used "high technology aluminum" (which is apparently the same used in Aeronautics).

So like fragile race cars F.P. Journe's sport watches are nice to look at with good performance but you don't want to hit things with it. The watch even has bumpers on the sides. This concept started with the first F.P. Journe sport watch which was last year's Centigraphe Sport (seen below, and priced super high). Oh, and they call their sport collection the "lineSport" collection. It does wreak of a certain disdain for English, whereby "Sport line" would actually grammatically make sense.



This good looking new watch is called the Octa Sport... lineSport. Unlike the wild chronograph mechanism of the Centigraphe, the Octa Sport is a more traditional F.P. Journe watch, but in a more sporty outfit. On the gray aluminum alloy dial you have the time, big date indicator, power reserve indicator, subsidiary seconds dial, and day/night indicator. The dial has applied Arabic hour numerals and nice lume-filled hands. It is pretty nice and the red elements do make it feel more sporty. Only problem is that this is still a fancy watch at heart and the core F.P. Journe look (that I love), just doesn't really lend itself to a sport watch style. Even if they attach a rubber strap to it and place a prominent red "S" on the dial.

A very interesting thing to note is that the Octa Sport watch has an aluminum movement. Most FP Journe watch movements are in gold. The movement is the in-house made Calibre FPJ 1300-3 automatic. It even has an aluminum rotor - but one one that also has a tungsten strip for extra weight. Power reserve for the movement is impressive at 120 hours. The movement is visible through a sapphire exhibition caseback window.



The Octa Sport watch case is a healthy (for F.P. Journe) 42mm wide. You'll notice that there are rubber bumpers on the side to protect the aluminum case. In addition to the rubber strap, there is an aluminum bracelet option - which also has rubber bumpers. Maybe FP Journe should just have a version in all black coated with vulcanized rubber? That would seem to solve the aluminum problem, and probably make the Octa Sport look more "sportive." Does anyone in the US even use that word? Look out for this delicate super-light F.P. Journe watch soon.

Octa Sport - Technical Specifications from F.P. Journe:

Movement

Automatic Calibre FPJ 1300-3

Unidirectional automatic winding

Movement in aluminum alloy

Dimensions of the movement

Overall diameter: 30.80 mm

Casing-up diameter: 30.40 mm

Overall height: 5.70 mm

Height of winding stem: 3.00 mm

Diameter of stem thread: S0.90 mm

Balance

Four adjustable inertia weights

Anachron free-sprung flat balance spring

Mobile stud holder

Free Sprung

Nivatronic laser soldered balance spring

Pinned GE stud

Frequency : 21'600 Alt/h, 3 Hz

Inertia : 10.10 mg/cm2

Angle of lift : 52°

Amplitude : 0 h dial up : > 300°

24 h dial up : > 280°

Main characteristics

Three position crown:

Winding of the watch in position 0, clock wise

Correction of date in position 1, anti clockwise

Correction of time in position 2

Instant jump calendar

Off centre winding rotor in Titanium with

Tungsten segment

Barrel with slipping spring

Escapement 15 tooth

Indications

Centered hours and minutes

Small second at 6h00

Day/Night indication at 9h00

Power reserve at 10h30

Large date at 1h00

Autonomy

120+/- 12 hours

Winding Speed on watch winder: 274 rotations / 24 hours

Decoration

Circular Côtes de Genève on bridges

Partly circular graining on baseplate

Polished screw heads with chamfered slots

Chamfered and circular grained wheels

Steel components hand polished and chamfered

Case

Aluminum alloy with rubber inserts

Diameter: 42.00mm

Total height: 11.60mm

Dial

Aluminum alloy and sapphire

Superluminova hands

Superluminova appliqué indexes

12 luminescent points

Number of parts

Movement without dial 286

Cased up with Aluminum bracelet 510

Cased up with rubber strap 354

Jewels 40

Rubber 72

Weight

Total weight 53 g

Movement alone 11 g

Sapphire glass sub dial 2 g

http://www.ablogtoread.com/f-p-journe-octa-sport-watch/