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Chronomètre à Résonance

A unique design based on an exclusive mechanism

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Page 1: ...User manual Chronomètre à Résonance A unique design based on an exclusive mechanism English 17 ...

Page 2: ...l Dupuy museum in Toulouse while the second belongs to the private collection of Montres Journe SA in Geneva A third regulator is kept at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva Thirty years later Abraham Louis Breguet built a resonance regulator for Louis XVIII King of France which is now part of the collection of the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris He built a second piece for the King of England ...

Page 3: ...or the watchmaker to gain the maturity and experience that is required to meet the standards of actual wrist wear and provide high performance chronometry Fifteen years that allowed him to present as a world premiere the very first resonance wristwatch pushing the limits of chronometry where they had never gone before Each of the two balances alternately serves as exciter and resonator When the tw...

Page 4: ...figuration of Marine Chronometry the power reserve hand indicates the number of running hours since the last winding Setting the time Pull the crown at 2 o clock out to position 2 and turn clockwise to set the left dial and anti clockwise to set the right dial The hands move forwards Reset both seconds to zero By pulling the crown at 4 o clock 3 the seconds hands reset to 60 simultaneously Please ...

Page 5: ...Position 1 Winding 3 Resetting the seconds to zero Position 2 Time setting 27 Operating instructions ...

Page 6: ...ferential placed on the first wheel visible in the centre of the dial transmits independently the energy of the barrel spring towards the two secondary gear trains Each secondary gear train is equipped with a remontoir d égalité of a frequency of 1 second Working in such a way the force re ceived by the escapements remains linear and assures isochronism throughout 28 hours Characteristics Moving t...

Page 7: ...s Seconds Hours and minutes Seconds Hours and minutes Power reserve indicator Crown Crown 18K Gold Polished steel Silver The hour dial in solid Silver is maintained by a polished ring screwed on the 18K Gold face Patented system ...

Page 8: ...ghts 2 Flat micro flamed Anachron balance springs 2 Mobile stud carriers Free sprung 2 Springs laser pinned to Nivatronic collets 2 Pinned GE studs Frequency 21 600 v h 3Hz Inertia 10 10 mg cm2 Angle of lift 52 Amplitude 0 h dial up 260 24 h dial up 260 Main characteristics_ 2 Remontoirs d Égalités 2 position winding crown at 2h Manual winding in position 0 Time adjustment in position 2 clockwise ...

Page 9: ...ng_ High quality Partial circular graining on baseplate Geneva waves on bridges Screw heads polished and beveled with chamfered slots Pegs with polished rounded ends Steel components hand finished Dial_ 18K white or 6N Gold and whitened Silver hour dials with guilloché clous de Paris Case_ Platinum or 18K 6N Gold Diameter 40 or 42 mm Total height 11 mm Number of parts_ Movement 378 Cased up with s...

Page 10: ...arranty card or certificate The warranty is valid only on presentation of the original card or certificate duly filled out by the authorised retailer serial number date of purchase retailer s stamp The warranty does not cover normal wear or damage resulting from abnormal use of the watch accidents or alterations Warranty extension_ If your F P Journe Invenit et Fecit watch was purchased at an F P ...

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