Description

Presenting what could very well be considered the quintessential sports watch, here is the F.P. Journe Linesport Centigraphe Sport ref. CTS assembled entirely from aluminium – case, movement, and bracelet. Produced between 2011 and 2014 as the first entry of the Linesport collection, this very sought-after timepiece masterfully merges wearability and sportiness, epitomizing the Linesport collection’s core ethos.

This chronograph is presented in a 42 mm aluminium case with rubber inserts, and weighs a mere 55 grams in total with a slim profile of 11.6 mm.

The grey dial in aluminium alloy of the Centigraphe Sport comes with three subsidiary dials in white sapphire. The counter at 2 o’clock displays a 20-second chronograph; the one at 6 o’clock shows a 10-minute chronograph; while the subdial at 10 o’clock is a 100th of a second register, making a complete revolution in 1 second. A central label in each counter indicates the seconds or minutes per revolution (SPR 1, SPR 20, MPR 10). The chronograph is activated, stopped and zeroed from the rocker arm at 2 o’clock instead of standard pushers. For legibility, the dial is adorned with luminescent applied numerals and luminescent hands (steel for the big hands and red lacquered titanium for the subdial ones).

It is powered by the caliber 1506, a manually wound mechanical chronograph movement made in aluminium alloy, with a power reserve of up to 80 hours. The in-house caliber comprises 284 components and 50 jewels, all expertly assembled by artisans at the F.P. Journe atelier. The chronograph’s technical excellence – such as allowing fractional reading by stopping the 10 o’clock subsidiary hand in between two 100th of a second increments – is further highlighted by its exquisite hand finishing which can be admired through the sapphire crystal case back.

The watch is fitted on a matching aluminium bracelet with rubber inserts allowing for ultimate comfort and a secure fit thanks to the folding buckle bearing the F.P. Journe logo.

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.