Jack Forster
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That's very interesting. F. P. Journe is always pushing the limits of design. The use. .
. . .of both the arbor and the barrel to drive the train and the chronograph is very neat and from what I gather, the ceintigraph hand jumps sixteen times per second but can be stopped at any point between 'jumps' thereby allowing a finer resolution of time. If the hand is jumping, one might have a reservation about just how accurate the timing is as one assumes the velocity of the hand is not constant from jump to jump. However, since human reaction time is less than 1/10 sec. anyway perhaps the point is moot 
and I love the rocker mechanism.
Jack
Updated Report! - Introducing the Centigraphe Souverain - New Photos!
Moments before the exhibition took place on Monday, April 16th, 2007 at Montres Journe SA Geneva! Our gracious host Mr. Francois-Paul Journe. Distinguished guests, all accompanied by something familar on the wrist. Wait! Is that really a rose gold bracele...
Brad help me with this. (And pardon me if my question is dumb)...
If I get it (probably not) the Centigraphe operates (albeit with a 1/100 of a second accuracy, more later) like a normal chronograph in terms of measuring time up to 10 minutes. (How am I doing ?) The unique feature (excluding the patents stuff) here is t...
The 1/100th of a second accuracy claim is hard to understand
If the flying seconds hand moves 16 times per second....does it measure 1/16ths of a second? I don't see how it could with a 21,000bph rate. It doesn't say this is a foudroyante mechanism...and I don't understand how it could be. Thinking some more about ...
That's very interesting. F. P. Journe is always pushing the limits of design. The use. .
. . .of both the arbor and the barrel to drive the train and the chronograph is very neat and from what I gather, the ceintigraph hand jumps sixteen times per second but can be stopped at any point between 'jumps' thereby allowing a finer resolution of ti...
