F.P. Journe Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante

The good is, it is an excellent value for a high end rattrapante inhouse movement with two column wheels and being relatively thin too. On the other hand, besides some changes to the bridges and clutch of the chronograph, it appears near identical to the only watch. I wonder how the purchaser of that piece would feel after the publicity that itll be a "one-off" movement... Nevertheless, I digress. It is a great contender to other high end chronographs I feel! Expected this to encroach into the s

To me it means the absence of multiple Chronograph pushers, all operations done through one pusher only. Cheers Henrik

A rattrapante afterall, is a chronograph with an added rattrapante module. You need a minimum two pushers for each separate function - it'd be impossible to have one button controlling both as they are independent. Hence, the monopusher does start/stop/reset of the chrono here. The other button starts/stop the splits seconds. Regards, skyeriding

Each Rattrapante has a single pusher to operate that specific function, in this case it is simply integrated in the crown... Cheers Henrik

Think i need to see them in person first

Early days of the chronograph_ Talking about the word chronograph, you will probably think of Nicolas-Matthieu Rieussec. And for good reason, since he invented, in 1822, the mechanism for “writing the time”, which derives its name from the Greek chronos and graphô. Yet, summing up the history of the chronograph in this way would deprive you from the rest of this exciting story and the steps that led to the invention of the modern chronograph. Even before contemplating to measure the time, instru