While it is known widely for its elegant, high-horology timepieces, F.P. Journe has been making its presence felt, in its own distinctive style, in the luxury sports-watch arena for the better part of a decade now, and the latest models in its simply-named lineSport collection feature perhaps the watchmaker’s most boldly sport-oriented dials to date. Here’s a closer look at the new 2018 versions of the Centigraphe Sport and Octa Sport, outfitted with eye-catching yellow dials.
The F.P. Journe Centigraphe Sport 2018 can measure elapsed times to 1/100th second.
Both timepieces use grade 5 titanium with a matte anthracite finish for their 44-mm-diameter cases and bracelets, and a titanium base with a black ceramic coating for their bezels. The bezel’s numerals are engraved directly into the titanium base in the manner of a previous F.P. Journe model, launched at SIHH 2018, the Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante. The use of titanium, a metal frequently used in boating and aeronautics for its prized combination of low density, toughness, and corrosion resistance, helps F.P. Journe keep the weight of the watches down to a relatively light 75 grams. Another factor in the watches’ lightness is the use of aluminum alloy for the movements, a performance-driven substitute for the solid gold used in the movements of F.P.Journe’s more luxury-oriented watches. (The first generation of Journe’s lineSport watches, in fact, made horology history as the...