LIP Chronométreur Officiel du Grand Prix de France Historique 2024

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00:00 [Music]

00:11 Hi everyone, I'm live from the French Grand Prix

00:14 on the Paul Ricard circuit in Castellet.

00:16 Why? Well, simply because L'Hippe is the official

00:19 timer of this legendary race.

00:21 The French Grand Prix presents in 2024

00:24 the 13 race bagatelle, divided into 3 days.

00:28 On this occasion, L'Hippe of course plays the game,

00:32 the French brand presenting 2 limited edition timers.

00:36 The first is a Mecca Quartz edition, limited to 1906 copies

00:41 to celebrate the year of creation of this legendary race.

00:45 And the second is an automatic chronograph,

00:48 Grand Prix de France Historique, limited to 255 copies.

00:52 But Pierre-Alain Bérard, General Director of L'Hippe,

00:55 will tell you a little more about it later.

00:57 [Music]

01:17 Hi Pierre-Alain, thank you for welcoming us

01:20 to the French Grand Prix Historique on the Castellet circuit.

01:23 L'Hippe is the official timer.

01:25 Can you explain to us why L'Hippe is here

01:28 and why it plays such an important role?

01:30 Hi Pierre, thank you very much for coming

01:33 and for being present at the invitation

01:35 to this magnificent Paul Ricard circuit.

01:37 For L'Hippe, it's really a return to the roots.

01:39 Automobile sports is one of Fred L'Hippe's great passions.

01:43 The former owner of the L'Hippe watchmaker,

01:46 the L'Hippe watchmaker.

01:47 And so we wanted to gradually reconnect

01:50 with the passions that founded the L'Hippe house.

01:53 And the watchmaking and the automotive mechanics

01:57 are very close and very related.

02:00 Sorry for the noise.

02:04 A little music to accompany us.

02:06 We are on a Grand Prix, of course.

02:08 And so it seemed natural to us to go on the Formula 1,

02:13 which is the top of the top, but in history.

02:15 Because there is more proximity with the drivers,

02:17 more proximity with the cars.

02:19 Besides, we can get very close later.

02:21 And it looked more like us.

02:23 Okay, so you've just signed for several years.

02:26 We signed for three years as official watchmakers

02:30 of the French Grand Prix.

02:32 Great.

02:33 So for the occasion, L'Hippe is releasing

02:35 two limited editions.

02:37 Can you tell us a little bit about them?

02:39 That's it.

02:40 So we're releasing two specific editions

02:43 of the L'Hippe Rallye,

02:45 which is the automotive sports model of our collection.

02:48 Yes, a historical model of the catalogue.

02:50 A historical model of the catalogue

02:52 that was born in the mid-1960s.

02:54 So at the beginning, it was in collaboration with Breitling,

02:57 since the very first were signed by L'Hippe-Breitling,

03:00 the Chrono Rallye.

03:02 Yes.

03:03 And then quite quickly, with the Venus movement,

03:06 and quite quickly they were signed only by L'Hippe

03:09 when they were assembled in Besançon.

03:11 Yes.

03:12 So we took over this chronometer carrier.

03:16 Here you have the version in Mecaquartz.

03:19 Yes.

03:20 39mm in diameter.

03:22 So it's a brand new size that's in the L'Hippe catalogue.

03:25 We wanted to reduce the dimensions a little bit

03:28 to find the original size on the Mecaquartz.

03:31 It's closer, at least, because at the beginning,

03:33 we were 39mm in diameter in the 60s?

03:35 We were just a little bit smaller, we were 38mm.

03:37 Yes, okay.

03:38 So we're really very close.

03:39 We're very close.

03:40 On the other hand, on the automatic chronometer,

03:42 we keep a size of 42mm.

03:45 The thickness of the movement means

03:47 that we need to widen the room a little bit.

03:50 Yes, for harmonious proportions.

03:52 And we want it to be a nice chronometer.

03:55 The two models don't have the same numerus clausus.

04:00 We have...

04:02 So we have the automatic chronometer in 255 copies.

04:06 That's the number of drivers present this weekend

04:09 at the French Grand Prix.

04:11 So, indeed, a fairly short series.

04:13 There won't be enough for everyone.

04:15 And then, the Mecaquartz, on the other hand,

04:18 we make 1,906 copies.

04:20 That's the date of the first French Grand Prix.

04:23 The year of creation.

04:24 The year of creation of the very first French Grand Prix.

04:26 So there's a little specificity,

04:28 well, several, by the way, but the logo...

04:31 So we find the logo of the French Grand Prix

04:34 a small formula just below the chronograph indication.

04:41 And above the date.

04:44 And then also the colors of the French Grand Prix

04:49 which are also the blue colors of the Paul Ricard circuit.

04:52 Blue and red, yes.

04:53 Yes, blue and red of the Paul Ricard circuit.

04:56 A combination of colors that I find absolutely sublime.

04:59 And that we also took on the stitching of the bracelet.

05:03 So a very well finished piece

05:06 and with a real sports car touch.

05:10 Great, with the dameier that makes the junction between the two counters.

05:16 That's it.

05:17 So that's something that Fred Lip put on the rally models at the time.

05:21 He had put the famous dameier flag

05:24 which means the end of the race, the victory,

05:27 between each counter and that we wanted to take on these editions 2024.

05:33 To finish, these two chronographs that are on sale on the circuit today,

05:39 so those who are lucky enough to be among us and have been able to acquire it,

05:42 will then integrate the classic distribution circuit.

05:45 So the Mecca Quartz will integrate the classic distribution circuit

05:50 and the automatic rally, given the low number of series,

05:55 we will have a few, but it will be gone quickly.

06:00 So I invite you to hurry up.

06:03 Pierre Lain, thank you.

06:05 We look forward to the next races with a lot of impatience.

06:08 And thank you for welcoming us again.

06:11 Once again, thank you for coming.

06:13 Ciao.

06:14 [Music]

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