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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GALLERY

Piece Time – Distinctive Watch Parts, Chapter 2: Dials

A watch’s design is the sum of its so-called “appearance parts:” hands, dial, crown, bracelet, et cetera. In the second chapter in our series on the distinctive parts of watches, we focus on dials. The dial is the face of the timepiece and reveals much about its character. Click through the gallery to see some popular dial styles and layouts.

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Feb 27, 2018 by WatchTime

Sponsored: A Durable Style – Meet the Victorinox I.N.O.X. Chrono

Since its founding in 1884, Victorinox has been a steady champion of utility-driven style. From its now-iconic Swiss Army Knife, the brand has garnered a wide renown for reliable functionality in its products, with its modern collection of timepieces carrying that legacy forward. In the brand’s latest, the new I.N.O.X. Chrono, we see a continuation...

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Dec 1, 2023 by WatchTime

PROMOTION

Introducing the New Wryst Racer Luxury Automatic Watch

Swiss luxury sports watch maker Wryst has announced the debut of its new Racer watch collection. This latest automatic watch was designed with racing and motorsports in mind. The collection combines reliable mechanics and dynamic style for a unique and striking watch, available in four colors – the plain brushed stainless steel SX1, the rose-gold-plated...

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Feb 22, 2018 by WatchTime

NEWS

Glashütte Original Senator Chronograph Capital Edition Debuts at Berlinale

As it has since 2011, Germany's Glashütte Original served as a partner to this year's 68th Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale. During this year's festival, it launched a new, limited-edition timepiece: the Glashütte Original Senator Chronograph - The Capital Edition.

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Feb 16, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

24 Highlights from the Rolex 24 at Daytona Race

January 27-28 marked the 56th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona — known as the Rolex 24 ever since the Swiss watch brand became official timekeeper and title sponsor in 1992 — and WatchTime was there among a select group of media guests of Rolex to witness a history-making weekend of racing — along with several other memorable moments. Here are 24 of them, one for each hour of the legendary endurance race.

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Feb 12, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TEST

Testing the Longines Avigation Oversize Crown

The Longines Avigation Oversize Crown, launched in 2013, is modeled on a Longines pilots’ watch from the 1920s. Its most salient feature is, as its name suggests, its crown, which is prominent not just because it’s huge but because it protrudes very far from the case. Read on for our in-depth test of the watch.

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Feb 6, 2018 by Alexander Krupp

NEWS

Zenith Launches New Pilot Cronometro Tipo CP-2 Flyback

Back in 2016, Zenith caught the eye of vintage-military-watch aficionados with its release of the Pilot Cronometro Tipo CP-2, an aviators' chronograph that paid tribute to the now-legendary "Cairelli" watch the brand made for Italian Navy and Air Force pilots in the 1960s. This year Zenith followed it up with a new version incorporating a flyback function and available in two vintage-look cases.

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Feb 3, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

Rado Combines Bronze and Ceramic in a New Watch

Bronze has enjoyed a horological renaissance over the past few years so it’s no surprise to see Rado jumping into the mix with the new HyperChrome Automatic Chronograph Limited Edition. What’s different about this watch is that rather than focusing on a solid bronze case, the brand combines bronze plating with the brand’s customary use...

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Feb 2, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

New Color from Frédérique Constant, New Quartz Chronograph from Alpina

Affordably luxurious Frédérique Constant and its sportier sister brand, Alpina, are among the latest watch manufacturers to offer a glimpse of their upcoming new collections debuting at Baselworld in March. Frédérique Constant is launching a version of its Worldtimer model with a new green color scheme, while Alpina is introducing a quartz chronograph to its Startimer Pilot series. Here's the lowdown on both.

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Jan 31, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

The Hamilton Khaki X-Wind Auto Chrono Limited Edition

As one of the more accessible watch brands within the Swatch Group, Hamilton always tries to balance innovation with affordability in its new pieces, while maintaining the hybrid tool watch aesthetic that its fans have come to love. The first new watch from Hamilton that we'd like to show you manages to do all of that, while still looking fresh. Here is the Khaki X-Wind Auto Chrono Limited Edition.

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Jan 31, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH TEST

Inside the Baume & Mercier Capeland Chronograph

Baume & Mercier launched its redesigned Capeland watch at the SIHH exhibition in Geneva in 2011. In this watch test feature from our archives, WatchTime gives this luxury-sport chronograph the once-over, with original photos by OK-Photography.

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Jan 29, 2018 by Julia Knaut

WATCH REVIEW

Noble Speedster: Testing the Chopard Mille Miglia 2016 XL Race Edition

In this feature from our July-August 2017 issue, we test the legendary Chopard Mille Miglia chronograph, which is powered for the first time, in this new limited-edition version, by a Chopard manufacture caliber. Read on to see the results and enjoy original photos of the watch by OK-Photography.

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Jan 25, 2018 by Martina Richter

SIHH 2018:

Getting Into Shape: New Movements for Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpa Collection

Parmigiani Fleurier is "shaping up" its emblematic Kalpa watch collection at this year's SIHH, launching three new models and outfitting each of them, for the first time since the Kalpa's 2001 debut, exclusively with in-house movements that are shaped to perfectly fit the dimensions of the watches' tonneau cases.

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Jan 17, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2018:

The New Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Collection Revives the Spirit of ’68

To most historians, the year 1968 was defined mostly by tragedies and setbacks — the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the escalation of the war in Vietnam, unrest and protests on college campuses — but to students of horological history, the year offered some bright spots. One of these was undoubtedly Jaeger-LeCoultre’s...

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Jan 16, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2018:

Power of Three: Introducing the A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split

The SIHH watch salon always offers some surprises, but also some things that can be counted on like clockwork, including that A. Lange & Söhne will wow the assembled media with at least one breathtakingly complicated timepiece. The Glashütte-based brand delivered again this year with the introduction of the Triple Split, the world's first mechanical split-seconds chronograph that can perform multi-hour comparative time measurements.

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Jan 15, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Mido Multifort Chronograph PVD Special Edition

Ensconced in the same general price segment as its “affordable luxury” brethren within the Swatch Group — Hamilton, Tissot, and Rado — the Mido brand has flown largely under the radar of U.S. watch consumers, though it’s long been immensely popular in Latin America — perhaps by design, as its name derives from the Spanish...

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Dec 14, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TO WATCH

Omega Speedmaster Returns to its Racing Roots With “Porsche Club of America” Limited Edition

Years before it rocketed into space to earn its place in timepiece history as the first watch worn on the moon, the Omega Speedmaster was engineered for more terrestrial pursuits, specifically as an instrument to time automobile races. With the new Speedmaster Porsche Club of America Limited Edition, the Speedy revisits its motor racing history while adding a few distinctly modern elements.

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Dec 12, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Omega Speedmaster 60th Anniversary Edition

This week, we come to the last and arguably the most famous of Omega’s 60th Anniversary Trilogy, the Speedmaster. This newest piece, like the Railmaster and Seamaster anniversary models released alongside it, is a vintage re-issue of the very first Speedmaster that came to market in 1957, a full 12 years prior to the "Moonwatch" touching lunar ground in 1969.

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Dec 10, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

THE WATCHTIME Q&A

Chatting with Jean-Francois Sberro, Managing Director of Hublot America

Earlier this week, Hublot held an event in New York City with the street artists Tristan Eaton and Hush. During the event, two new watches were revealed — both vastly different from the other and made in collaboration with each artist. WatchTime readers and Hublot enthusiasts may remember this time last year when the brand...

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Dec 1, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Longines Heritage Chronograph 1940

If you’ve got it, they say, flaunt it. And Longines, with a watchmaking history that stretches back to 1832, has taken this advice to heart, flaunting its rich timepiece archives with its ever-growing Heritage Collection of vintage-inspired pieces. Several new additions to the collection have already made their debut this year, including the Legend Diver...

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Nov 22, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TEST

In The Balance: Zenith Espada vs. Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 3600

Two automatic watches with high-frequency movements, the Seiko Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 and Zenith Espada, square off in a battle of the fast-beat balances in this WatchTime piece by Martina Richter.

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Nov 22, 2017 by Martina Richter

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