Brand: Pequignet | Model: Royale Paris Chrono BPM | Reference: 9120343 | Category: French Manufacture / Music-Inspired Chronograph | Release Year: 2026
Last updated: October 23, 2026
The Pequignet Royale Paris Chrono BPM replaces the usual tachymeter with a beats-per-minute scale, so you can time the tempo of any song. It's a tribute to France's 1990s French Touch house music scene. The 39.5mm steel chronograph has an electric-blue-to-black gradient dial and runs on Pequignet's in-house Calibre Initial. Price: USD 7,950.
What is it? The second chronograph from Morteau-based Pequignet. It's a musical spin on the Royale Paris Chrono the brand introduced at Watches & Wonders 2026, and it honors French Touch, the 1990s French house movement led by artists like Daft Punk. How does the BPM scale work? Like a doctor's pulsometer, but for music. Start the chronograph, count 30 kick-drum beats, then stop it. The central seconds hand points to the song's tempo on the 35–180 BPM scale. Around 60 BPM is reggae, 110–140 is classic French house, and anything above 140 is trance. Equalizer-style sound bars between 12 and 2 o'clock complete the theme. What about the dial? The electric blue fades to black from top to bottom. The two sunken black subdials have a snailed finish that evokes vinyl records: running seconds at 3 o'clock and a 30-minute chronograph counter at 9. The faceted markers and lumed hands sit under a domed glass-box sapphire crystal. What's inside? The automatic Calibre Initial, Pequignet's fifth in-house movement, with a cam-actuated chronograph module by Dubois-Depraz. It runs at 4Hz with a 65-hour power reserve and is regulated in six positions to -4/+6 seconds per day. Its components are sourced within 80km of Morteau. Is it limited? No. It's a permanent-collection model priced at USD 7,950 / EUR 6,950.
This is a permanent-collection piece from a small French manufacture, not a limited edition, so don't expect secondary-market premiums. Its appeal is originality: the BPM scale is a genuinely new use for a classic pulsometer complication, and it's one of very few in-house chronographs made in France. Early press has praised the concept, but some enthusiasts question value at USD 7,950 versus Swiss rivals with fully integrated movements. Buy it for the design and the story; it's ideal for music lovers and French-watchmaking collectors.
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