Telemeter chronograph:
The telemeter chronograph is a feature of a wristwatch, which allows the user to approximately measure the distance to an event that can be both seen and heard (e.g. an artillery explosion or a torpedo strike) using the speed of sound. The user starts the chronograph (stopwatch) at the instant the event is seen, and stops timing at the instant the event is heard. The seconds hand will point to the distance measured on a scale, usually around the edge of the face. The scale can be defined in any unit of distance, but miles or kilometers are most practical and commonplace.
Our watch here measures distances of up to 20 Km.
This watch may well have belonged to a high ranking naval or artillery officer before or during WWII. Double chronograph is a watch that includes two separate stopwatch mechanisms in order to estimate two separate events of different durations.
The double chronograph was previously called Fly-back second. It was invented in the 19th century by Adolphe Nicole. During the 1930s, due to a smaller size the mechanism was able to fit the case of a wristwatch. All in all, a beautifully aged vintage watch in excellent overall condition.
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On Jun-29-16 at 07:36:20 PDT, seller added the following information: This one is an early Mono-Rattrapante Chronograph. Mono Rattrapante chronograph function allows the user to start the chronograph with the top pusher and stop the hand with the bottom pusher in order to get an intermediate “first” reading of the elapsed time while the pusher is still being depressed. Upon releasing the bottom pusher the hand advances to the actual elapsed time until the bottom pusher is depressed again; if you keep the pusher down, lets say, for 10 seconds, timing will stop and jump 10 seconds ahead when the pusher is released. An eccentric and dedicated spring in the movement confirms this function; upon depressing the bottom pusher, the spring will stop moving. The top pusher starts, stops and resets the chronograph, while the bottom pusher gives you the intermittent readings.