Centigraphe Souverain Anniversaire from F.P. Journe
The Anniversary Centigraphe is a Limited Series that celebrates the tenth anniversary of each F.P.Journe Boutique across the world
The Hong Kong Boutique celebrated its tenth anniversary in October 2016. It is the first to unveil its Anniversary Edition with a Limited Series of 20 pieces, followed by the Tokyo Boutique, again in October. Tokyo will introduce its anniversary watch limited to ten pieces, with a retrospective exhibition of the F.P.Journe Anniversary Series: the Chronomètre Souverain in 2005; the Chronomètre à Résonance in 2006; the Tourbillon Souverain in 2007; and the Octa Perpétuelle in 2010 – all of which have been brought out by the marque to celebrate earlier anniversaries of boutiques.
The Centigraphe Souverain Anniversaireis an exclusive edition made in a perfect harmony of colours: a 40MM polished Titanium case, a Ruthenium dial with sapphire registers, an 18K gold crown and rocker, the emblematic mechanical movement with manual winding in 18K rose gold and a burgundy alligator strap.
The Anniversary Centigraphe will be available exclusively in the Boutique celebrating its tenth anniversary. Each piece is numbered followed by the name of corresponding city. The Boutique Anniversaries from the F.P.Journe network will continue their celebration in 2017 with the Geneva Boutique in March, followed by Boca Raton in spring. In 2018, it will be the turn of Paris, Beijing and New York; in 2019, Bal Harbour; Miami in 2022; Los Angeles in 2023 and last but not least Beirut in 2024.
The Centigraphe is a spectacular mechanical chronograph indicating elapsed times from a 100th of a second to 10 minutes, visible on 3 dials, each with a time scale in red.
On the left, the 100th of a second hand revolves around the dial in one second on a scale marked in hundredths of a second. The hand on the right revolves once every 20 seconds on a time scale divided into seconds. The hand at 6 o’clock makes a tour in ten minutes.
The chronograph is started, stopped and zeroed by a rocker located at 2 o’clock in the case band. This ergonomic design, perfectly fitted to the wristwatch, is patented.
By purchasing the Centigraphe, watch aficionados can also be sure of supporting medical research carried out by the ICM – Institute of Brain and Spinal Cord in Paris – to help find a cure for diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis…
Along with Professor Gérard Saillant, Luc Besson, Jean Réno, Jean Todt, Michelle Yeoh and Michael Schumacher, amongst others, François-Paul Journe has committed to donating 30 per cent of the profits from the sale of each Centigraphe to the ICM, with no time limit.
The Centigraphe Souverain was awarded the “l’Aiguille d’Or” (the Golden Hand) at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie of Geneva in 2008. It was also elected Watch of the Year on timezone.com in 2009.
