- Case
- Titanium Flat Tortue® case with Titalyt® treatment
- Movement
- Quartz
- Size
- 48 × 40 mm
Overview
Titalyt®: the titanium case, hardened
The F.P. Journe élégante 48 mm in Titalyt®-treated titanium, reference ELHT, on the khaki green rubber strap. Flat Tortue case, 48 × 40 mm, 7.95 mm high, luminescent white dial, blued steel hands. Electromechanical calibre 1210, with a motion detector at 4:30 that stops the hands after 35 minutes at rest.
The élégante is F.P. Journe's electromechanical line, eight years in development, with autonomy as its purpose: 8 to 10 years in daily use and up to 18 in standby. The 48 mm case carries the same movement for men's wrists, in the brand's words, or for women who prefer a larger watch. This version puts it in grade 5 titanium treated with Titalyt®, a process F.P. Journe describes as electro-plasma oxidation of the titanium, which raises its hardness and its resistance to wear and corrosion and gives the case its own colour.
A mechanical motion detector, an inertia weight visible on the dial at 4:30, tells the processor whether the watch is being worn. After 35 minutes without movement the gears, rotors and hands stop while the processor goes on counting time; at the first movement the hands run to the correct time by the shorter route, forwards or backwards. A patented two-rotor motor drives the hands. The mechanical parts are made by F.P. Journe and the electronics in Switzerland, around a microprocessor created for the watch.
For collectors
Titalyt® is a treatment of the metal, not a different metal: the case is grade 5 titanium, oxidised by electro-plasma. Dimensions, dial and calibre are those of the 48 mm élégante, and F.P. Journe says this version is recognisable by its colour, so the colour of the case is what sets it apart.
Key details
Design and engineering
- StandbyStopping the gears, rotors and hands is what makes the autonomy possible. With only the processor keeping time, consumption is low enough for up to 18 years in standby, against 8 to 10 in daily use.
- Automatic re-settingOn restart the hands take the shortest path, clockwise or anti-clockwise, to the time the processor has kept, so the display catches up without the wearer resetting it.
- Two-rotor motorPatented, driving the hands through a gear train made by F.P. Journe. The time is set with the crown in its second position, and the seconds stop while it is pulled.
- Titalyt® caseGrade 5 titanium in the registered Flat Tortue® shape, 48 × 40 mm and 7.95 mm high, oxidised by electro-plasma for hardness and resistance to wear and corrosion. Sapphire crystal case back, screw-down crown, water resistance to 30 m.
- DialLuminescent white centre within an outer dial of screwed steel elements, blued steel hands. F.P. Journe likens the centre to white mother-of-pearl; at night the hands read against it as silhouettes.
Calibre 1210
- Electromechanical, quartz at 32,768 Hz
- Patented two-rotor motor, processor created for the watch
- Standby after 35 minutes motionless, automatic restart and time setting
- Autonomy 8 to 10 years in daily use, 18 years in standby
- 18 jewels, 132 parts
- 28.5 × 28.3 mm overall, 3.13 mm high
The reference
Technical specifications
| Reference | ELHT |
|---|---|
| Collection | Élégante |
| Calibre | Calibre 1210 |
| Movement | Quartz |
| Functions | Central hours and minutes, Small second at 6h00 |
| Case dimensions | 48 × 40 mm |
| Case thickness | 7.95 mm |
| Case material | Titanium with Titalyt® treatment |
| Case | Titanium Flat Tortue® case with Titalyt® treatment |
| Water resistance | 30 m |
| Dial | luminescent white centre with outer dial screwed Steel elements |
| Hands | blued Steel |
| Strap | Khaki Green rubber strap |
| Jewels | 18 |
| Power reserve | Daily use: 8 to 10 years |
| Frequency | Quartz: 32'768 Hz. |
| Movement parts | 132 |
| Clasp | Folding clasp |
| Status | No longer in the current collection |
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