“The chronograph is one of the foundational complications of watchmaking. Born from the need to measure elapsed time independently from the display of civil time, it has become an essential horological instrument. Through the action of its pushers, it gives time another dimension: time can be started, stopped, read, compared — whether to measure speed, distance, frequency or the duration of an event.
Yet behind the apparent familiarity of the chronograph lies one of the great distinctions of fine watchmaking. Not all chronographs are created equal. Their true value begins with the architecture of the movement and the quality of the system that governs the function.”
Guido Terreni, CEO of Parmigiani Fleurier.
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