cenerhimself Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Before you flame me for being a noob, I searched and searched, but I couldn't find the most basic answer for this simple question. I googled and checked on Wikipedia, but I couldn't figure out more than a few points... What exactly is a Chronograph? Is it just a stopwatch>? I checked the noob glossary in the sticky, but nothing good. From the Glossary: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Try this (in the Wiki section) & read TZ's FAQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omeega Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 The large second hand which looks like a normal second hand is what you would consider the second-hand of the stopwatch. Push the top chrono pusher and it will start running in a somewhat smooth fashion. Push the top one again and it stops. Push the bottom pusher and it will reset to zero. You are essentially correct about the minutes at 3 and hours at 6, push the top pusher and these start along with the large chrono/second hand. The running seconds at nine subdial will be running all the time as a regular second hand on a watch would, smooth motion without ticking, keeping track of normal time. This does not change with the chronograph/stopwatch function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omeega Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 And the top left "button" is the helium escape valve, essentially functionless on a replica. Yes, the middle right "button" is the normal "winder" known as a "crown" that adjusts the time and date. The top right button starts and stops the "stopwatch" (chronograph) and the bottom resets the stopwatch hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Shucks... and all this time I thopught a Chronograph was a multiple record playin Phonograph... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenerhimself Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 The large second hand which looks like a normal second hand is what you would consider the second-hand of the stopwatch. Push the top chrono pusher and it will start running in a somewhat smooth fashion. Push the top one again and it stops. Push the bottom pusher and it will reset to zero. You are essentially correct about the minutes at 3 and hours at 6, push the top pusher and these start along with the large chrono/second hand. The running seconds at nine subdial will be running all the time as a regular second hand on a watch would, smooth motion without ticking, keeping track of normal time. This does not change with the chronograph/stopwatch function. Wow thats helpful, thanks. So on a chronograph watch, the second hand is not the normal second hand that would be found on a wall clock. The second hand will basically always be at 12 and the way to read the time in seconds in the 9 o clock in this example. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Bingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Bingo doing nothing but viewing your avatar Shun .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenerhimself Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Bingo Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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