- Case
- Titanium Flat Tortue® case with Titalyt® treatment and set with 418 brilliant cut diamonds VS1 F/G ~ 1.06 carat
- Movement
- Quartz
- Size
- 48 × 40 mm
Overview
Titalyt®: the titanium case, hardened
The F.P. Journe élégante 48 mm in Titalyt®-treated titanium set with 418 diamonds, reference ELHT, on the black rubber strap. Flat Tortue case, 48 × 40 mm, 7.95 mm high, luminescent white dial, blued steel hands. Electromechanical calibre 1210, which stops its hands after 35 minutes at rest.
The Titalyt® 48 mm élégante with its Flat Tortue case set with 418 brilliant-cut diamonds, VS1 F/G, about 1.06 carat. The dimensions, the luminescent white dial, the blued steel hands and calibre 1210 are unchanged, and it was offered on the same ten coloured rubber straps with a folding clasp.
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
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 and set with 418 brilliant cut diamonds VS1 F/G ~ 1.06 carat |
| Water resistance | 30 m |
| Dial | luminescent white centre with outer dial screwed Steel elements |
| Hands | blued Steel |
| Strap | Black 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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