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    • Chronographs

    A chronograph is a device that measures elapsed time, i.e., a stopwatch. It is one of the most popular watch complications, and appears often in sports watches. Chronograph watches that number among the most famous and iconic watches in history include the Rolex Daytona, TAG Heuer Carrera, Omega Speedmaster, and Zenith El Primero, among others.

    The word “chronograph” can be used to denote the device itself or a watch that incorporates the device. Most modern chronograph watches are equipped with a center-mounted seconds hand for showing the elapsed seconds and a subdial or subdials to show the elapsed minutes and, on some watches, the elapsed hours. A standard chronograph watch has two pushers on the side of the case. The top one is used to start and stop the chronograph function and the bottom one to return the elapsed seconds, minutes, and, when present, hours hand to zero.

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    Comparison Test: TAG Heuer Monaco vs. Breitling Chrono-Matic

    In this Watchtime test feature our writers pit modern versions of two iconic 1970s chronographs — the TAG Heuer Monaco and the Breitling Chono-Matic — against each other in a challenge of retro sports watches.

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    Nov 4, 2015 by Jens Koch

    Inspired by Aviation: Introducing the Montblanc 1858 Collection

    Montblanc recently launched a new collection called 1858, inspired by 1930s pilots' watches from the brand's archives. At launch, two models have been announced, the 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Limited Edition, in gold, and the 1858 Small Second Limited Edition, in steel.

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    Nov 3, 2015 by Jason Pitsch

    The New Louis Erard Excellence and 1931 Collections

    Watchmaker Louis Erard founded his eponymous watch brand in 1931 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Now based in Le Noirmont in the Jura Valley, the brand has reinvented its collections in recent years under new CEO Alain Spinedi, offering a focus on mechanical movements with classical complications (and a particular emphasis on regulators) at affordable prices....

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    Nov 2, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

    Temptations by Escapement: TAG Heuer Monaco V4 Phantom

    What’s in a name? The selection of a brand name can sometimes prove fundamental to a product’s success. I concede that in a former life I was a marketing professional and researched the brand personalities of luxury car marques for my masters degree. This may give rise to accusations that I would naturally espouse the...

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    Nov 2, 2015 by Angus Davies

    Clutch Performer: Reviewing the Seiko Velatura

    In this in-depth WatchTime review we take a close look at a most unorthodox sports watch, Seiko’s Velatura mechanical chronograph, which has not one vertical clutch but three.

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    Oct 27, 2015 by Martina Richter

    Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy, Part 11: Patek Philippe Nautilus

    Today's Patek Philippe Nautilus is the Reference 5711/1A -010. This watch maintains many of the original Nautilus’s design codes, including the white-gold applied hour markers, horizontal-embossed black-blue dial, 3 o’clock date indicator, and an integrated stainless steel bracelet.

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    Oct 25, 2015 by Caleb Anderson

    Close-Up: Louis Moinet Memoris

    Back in 2013, we reported on the discovery of a 19th-century timekeeping device, created by French watchmaker Louis Moinet, that may well have been the world’s very first chronograph. This year, the brand that bears that watchmaker’s name pays tribute to that milestone with the Louis Moinet Memoris, a wristwatch that positions the chronograph as...

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    Oct 22, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

    Speed Dreamin’: Testing the TAG Heuer Carrera 1887 (With Video)

    Read the results of our comprehensive watch test of TAG Heuer's racing-inspired Carrera watch - the TAG Heuer Carrera 1887.

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    Oct 22, 2015 by Jens Koch

    Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy, Part 10: Omega Speedmaster

    For this week’s Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy, we’re tackling one of the most significant watches in horological history — a universally known, collected, and loved chronograph: the Omega Speedmaster. In 1957, two years before the first American manned mission to explore the moon, the very first Speedmaster was produced and labeled Reference CK...

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    Oct 18, 2015 by Caleb Anderson

    Showing at WatchTime New York 2015: Ball Engineer Master II Slide Chronograph

    Among the sponsoring luxury watch brands at the WatchTime New York watch collectors' event is the always innovative Ball Watch Co., which will showcase its Ball Engineer Master II Slide chronograph, which uses a mechanical slide, rather than traditional pushers, to start, stop and reset the stopwatch.

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    Oct 16, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

    Omega Speedmaster ’57 Co-Axial Chronograph

    A few years ago, Omega introduced a retro-styled version of its well-known Speedmaster chronograph watch, the Omega Speedmaster ’57 Co-Axial Chronograph, named for the year of the first Speedmaster’s release and featuring that original model’s straight lugs that extend from the case and its familiar bracelet. Here’s a closer look.

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    Oct 12, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

    Showing at WatchTime New York 2015: Grand Seiko 55th Anniversary Spring Drive Chronograph

    This year, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Japanese brand's most haute watch collection, Seiko has introduced a new, limited-edition Grand Seiko, equipped with its proprietary Spring Drive chronograph movement. This very special timepiece will be among many on display at WatchTime New York, America's Luxury Watch Show, on October 23-24.

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    Oct 10, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

    Pumped-Up Pilot: Testing the Breitling Navitimer 01 (46 mm)

    Breitling has enlarged its pilots’ watch from 1952, the Breitling Navitimer, to a whopping 46 mm. Is the bigger Navitimer the better one? Find out in our in-depth test, the cover feature of the July-August 2015 issue of WatchTime. When Breitling introduced the Navitimer In 1952, the first commercial jet planes were just coming into...

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    Oct 5, 2015 by Jens Koch

    Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy, Part 8: Zenith El Primero

    In this week’s edition of Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy (you can check out part 7 here), we come to a watch with possibly one of the best and most widely used luxury movements to date: the Zenith El Primero. With production of the watch beginning in 1969, after seven years of research and...

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    Oct 4, 2015 by Caleb Anderson

    Showing at WatchTime New York 2015: Tutima M2 Chronograph

    Have you secured your ticket yet for America’s luxury watch show? WatchTime New York, taking place October 23-24 at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall, now boasts more than 20 watch brands displaying their new timepieces for 2015 (Click here for event details and to purchase tickets). Among them are Germany’s Tutima, which will have among its offerings...

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    Oct 3, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

    Vacheron Constantin Launches New Overseas Limited Editions

    Does Vacheron Constantin Overseas merit consideration alongside such acknowledged, venerable classics as the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Royal Oak and Patek Philippe Nautilus? Read our article and decide for yourself.

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    Oct 1, 2015 by Jason Pitsch

    5 Things to Know About the Montblanc Timewalker Chronograph 100

    Here are five pertinent things you should know about the Montblanc Timewalker Chronograph 100, a chronograph watch capable of measuring elapsed times to 1/100 second.

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    Oct 1, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

    Watch Insider’s 6 Most Underestimated Watch Manufacturers

    Some watch brands get all the credit, while others deserve more than they get. This six-pack – Breguet, Cartier, Chopard, Glashütte Original, Nomos and Tissot – does a great job. All six are extremely innovative and have a huge range of in-house-manufactured calibers. But the greater public of watch collectors and aficionados may not realize all that these...

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    Sep 24, 2015 by Alexander Linz

    Stealth Pilots: 5 All-Black Breitling Watches

    In this WatchTime article, we take a look at five all-black Breitling watches, including the Breitling Avenger Blackbird and the Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute Blacksteel.

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    Sep 24, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

    A World Record: Vacheron Constantin Unveils a Watch with 57 Complications

    On September 17, at a press event at its manufacture and headquarters in Plan-les-Ouates on the outskirts of Geneva, Vacheron Constantin unveiled the most complicated watch ever made. The double-dial portable mechanical timepiece has a total of 57 complications, by Vacheron’s count. Several of the complications are world firsts. (All 57 complications are listed at...

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    Sep 20, 2015 by Joe Thompson
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