What is a Chronograph? A Watch with a Stopwatch Timer.

Chronograph watches are very popular these days, based largely on looks or style. While they look cool, they also have a useful function. A chronograph is a watch with a built in timer much like a stopwatch. Here is a quick look at a chronograph and how to use those buttons and subdials. Watches in this video include Omega Speedmaster , Zodiac SeaDragon, Tissot Le Locle, Tag Heuer Link, Invicta Abyss and Speedway, ESQ Stratus, an featured is the Tag Heuer F1.

Look for my other watch videos, including part 1 and 2 of How to Use a Chronograph.

What should I time with a chronograph? How about:
How many minutes has that been on the barbecue?
How long does it take to drive to work?
How long is this teacher going to talk?
How many hours did I spend on Youtube?

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Education

Tags:

• Chronograph
• Stop
• Watch
• Stopwatch
• subdial
• seconds
• minutes
• hours
• timer

[Smith28Adventure]

What is it called when the second hand on a watch sweeps instead of ticks?

Does that have a particular name?

Cheers for the great vid.

[Synthspike]

@Smith28Adventure @Smith28Adventure That does not have a specific name that I know of. People just usually call it a sweeping seconds hand. In most cases (but not all) quartz watches have a hand that ticks once per second and mechanical watches (automatic or hand wind) have hands that sweep. More about those watch types is in this other video I posted with title, "Watches: What is Quartz, Automatic, Mechanical, Hand Wind?"

[mwoolner]

I thought that the label chronograph denoted some level of precision of the watch, not just the stopwatch function.

[Synthspike]

@mwoolner No, that is a Chronometer. A chronograph is a watch with stopwatch-like timing functions. A Chronometer meets a defined standard for better-than-normal accuracy.

[virginiatechfanx]

So there are two things for the seconds?

[Synthspike]

@virginiatechfanx Most chronographs have 2 separate "seconds" functions - one for time of day and one for the stopwatch type function.

[emim05]

I know nothing about watch but i bought a pricey one today in the sports section and saw it nad a chronograph feature. Now i know how to use it :-) good video thanks

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[Smith28Adventure]

@Synthspike Thanks man, checked the vid out and now I understand. I suppose a sweeping second hand on a battery powered watch would use excessive amounts of power and that's why it's usually a "ticker" motion.

[labrat10001]

will it mess up the time when u are using the stop watch?

[1ben1245]

Hi, i think my tag heuer F1 (Same as urs may need a service) Please help me out. Some times when i use the chronometer, the 10th of a second dial doesn't go back to 10 or resets it self back to 0. It would go some where like 9/10 of a second. Do you think i need a service for this watch or no? It just gets annoying that i have to manually reset the 10 of a second back to 0. The date and time works perfectly.

[FrankiE892525]

what is the bezel used for?

[V4Versace]

@mwoolner you mean chronometer. Similar.



[mwoolner]

@synthspike thanks! I figured I was missing something. I looked up other chronograph posts and realized everyone else made that distinction. Had to wiki it to figure out my mistake.