One of the most common timekeeping complications in wristwatches right now

One of many most common timekeeping complications in wristwatches right now, the chronograph is definitely an important component of virtually every single Swiss brand. Essentially a gadget to record elapsed time, the chronograph has played - and continues to play - an vital function within the globe of sports. Interestingly although, the roots of this most valuable of timekeeping functions stretch far past the borders of Switzerland and indeed, the provenance of wristwatches.

From October 6-9, Montblanc is presenting this surprising story with the chronograph at its flagship Singapore store in the Mandarin Gallery. Known as "Writing Time: Two Centuries of Chronograph History," the luxury goods brand is co-presenting alongside the Musee International d'Horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds,Switzerland. Here's a quick peek in the highlights with the tale.

In 1821, an innovator named Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec was concerning the charge into the pages of background. Certainly the 40-year-old Parisian was about to write history! It was September 1 and four horse races were becoming held around the Champs de Mars inParis. There was nothing particular in this. Horse races had been held daily within the Champs de Mars. On this day although, Rieussec had a cunning plan along with a quite cunning invention.

Rieussec had developed a gadget to record time, correct to one second, needed for all of the numerous horses to complete a lap around the track. On that fateful day in September, Rieussec brought his device towards the track and demonstrated its effectiveness. He did so not simply before the masses but also the august individual of Antoine-Louis Breguet and the engineer and mathematician Gaspard de Prony.

These two gentlemen of no little repute had been suitably impressed and persuaded the Academie Royale des Sciences to officially acknowledge Rieussec's invention - some thing he referred to as a chronographe - on October 15 of that exact same year. This strange name came to Rieussec from two Greek words: chronos (time) and graphein (create).

The authentic gadget that began it all off was an instrument with a dial bearing a 60-second scale that completed a single rotation on its personal axis in 60 seconds. Pressing a button leads to a pointer dropping colored ink on the dial. Within this way, the elapsed time was recorded. Rieussec improved the gadget later to incorporate two rotating dials with two inking hands. This version was capable to record both seconds and minutes.

The first chronograph patent was issued to Nicolas Rieussec in 1822 - but that was only the starting of a process of experimentation and development that continues towards the present day. The very first adjustments had been presented in 1825 in a much more transportable type, shown above, that displays hours, minutes, seconds, even a fifth of a second.

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