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| | The long awaited chronograph |
 | | It is also this same Patek Philippe, which, in 1902, applied for the first patent for a flyback chronograph (because of its two chronograph hands, it permits the wearer to measure or maintain the intermediate time, then to make up the lost time). |
 | | These chronograph movements, enriched over time with a perpetual calendar, then a flyback mechanism, are distinguished as much by their technical sophistication (among others, the Gyromax balance, Breguet overcoil, column-wheel) as by their aesthetic refinement (including traditional hand-bevelled bridges, column wheel with chamfered cap), earning them the honour of the Geneva Seal. |
 | | It is worth pointing out that the use of the chronograph seconds hand as a sweep seconds hand does not involve any decrease in the power reserve nor any additional wear and tear on the parts. |
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