Two sunny new models for the Richard Mille RM 65-01 Automatic Winding Split-seconds Chronograph in blue and yellow
Rattrapante
A rattrapante is a chronograph that features a split-seconds mechanism. Therefor it is also known as a double chronograph (or fly-back second chronograph in the old days, which is something else than a flyback chronograph), as they have two hands. One for the intermediate time and one for the ongoing time. An invention from the 19th century by Adolphe Nicole.
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The word ‘rattrapant’ comes from the French word ‘rattraper’ which means the act of recovering or recapturing.
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Watches with rattrapante chronograph
Already in 1944 Breitling launched their first rattrapante, but this new Breitling Navitimer Rattrapante is the first with in-house caliber
IWC Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante Boutique Editions 2016
Three new versions of the IWC Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante are launched, referring to IWC’s flagship stores in Europe
The 47-millimeters Angelus U30 Tourbillon Rattrapante unites three complications in a contemporary, three-dimensional form
This new Certina DS-2 Chronograph Flyback extends de DS-2 series with split-seconds function, also known as rattrapante function