Description
Few sports watches have this level of complication, here’s a very serious contender the :
F.P. Journe Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante
The Linesport collection has now a new chronograph with a monopusher split-seconds • Made available in 3 different metals, namely; platinum (blue-mauve silver dial), titanium (anthracite dial) and our rose gold version with silver guilloché dial covered with ruthenium
This timepiece has a 44mm case with gold pushers and a black rubber crown • Rubber inserts are fixed on the case and in between the bracelet links to protect from frictions • The ceramic inserts for the tachymeter scale has a chic retro look Two silver counters at 9 and 3 o’clock for respectively the running seconds and 30-minute chronograph register • An oversized date is visible at 6 o’clock • Powered by a new in-house manual-winding movement inspired by their unique chronograph auctioned at “Only Watch” in 2017 • you will be mesmerised by the rose gold caliber’s finishing and decoration, an undisputed quality of FPJ watches • the caliber has a power reserve of 80 hours
F.P. Journe – Bio
François-Paul Journe was born in Marseille in 1959. An unruly child, he was sent to a local technical college at the age of 14. He went on to graduate from the Paris watchmaking school in 1976.
In 1982, after five years of work, he finished his tourbillon – and it work !
He founded the F.P. Journe company in 1999, have ever since stunned the world year after year with the visually distinctive and technically innovative watches
The motto of the brand, Invenit et Fecit (Latin for “[He] invented it and made it”) denotes that the company builds the entirety of the watches. Journe often designs brand new movements, even inventing completely new systems, like the famous resonance chronometer.