![]() Also their visual presentation is something that sets them apart from other watches. The ritual of timing, stopping and resetting to zero connects us to the past and to some of the most romantic functions of these watches. Many of these watches have a tachymeter on the bezel that is needed to measure speed over distance. Instead, we can reset the chronograph by pushing the button at 4 o’clock ( G.). How to set them back to 0? Very simple! If we s tart the chronograph by pressing the button at 2 o’clock, we can stop the chronograph by pushing that button again. It arrives to a total of 12, so this is usually the maximum chronometer capacity of luxury watches. The hour counter subdial: after activating the chronometer, it will tell you how many hours have passed. However if you use the hour subdial, it is easy to understand if the 30 minutes that you are counting are the "first" 30 minutes of an hour (so from minute 1 to minute 30), or the "second" minutes (do from minute 31 to minute 60).į. The Jumping Seconds chronograph is distinguished by a chronograph hand completing its rotation in just 10 seconds and thereby considerably improving the. Many times it will reach the 30 minutes, instead of 60, just to give more visibility to the result. The minute counter subdial: after activating the chronometer, it will tell you how many minutes have passed. ![]() This is when we need the other 2 of the 3 little dials!Į. In chronograph watch, pushing the top button on the crown at 2 o'clock ( D.), the second hand will start to move and it can be used as a chronometer.Īt this point you are enjoying this fantastic function of your watch, but a doubt arises in your mind: after activating the chronometer, how do we know how many minutes, or even hours, have passed? This is usually at least a seconds and minutes. So what do we need the hand of the seconds ( C.) for? A chronograph watch is any watch that has a stopwatch function and separate dials to display the running time. You can find this subdial also in many watches that are not chronograph, for a pure aesthetic choice. ![]() The seconds function is instead displayed in one of the little dials, usually the one with the 20-40-60 numbers. The wearer activates the chronograph functionality by pressing the pushers on the side of the watch case. Many chronographs have three sub-dials to measure minutes, seconds, and some down to 1/10th of a second. This date window is commonly paired with a cyclops lens designed nine years after the release because Hans Wilsdorf's (the founder of Rolex) wife couldn’t read the date without her glassesī. T he second hand subdial also called sub-seconds: usually in high range chronometer watches the hand of the seconds is stopped and not moving. A chronograph is essentially a stopwatch used to track the length of elapsed time of an event or occurrence. It was made popular by Rolex’s 1945 Datejust and it has become an evergreen design ever since. ![]() The 3 o’clock date is undoubtedly the most common date position in the history of date windows on dials. Let's start explaining which elements you can find on this type of watch's dial:Ī. The date window, usually located either at 3 o'clock, between 4 and 5 o'clock or at 6 o'clock, shows in which day of the month we are. ![]()
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