Bovet Suisse Pocket Watch Gusset: Chronograph Chfonction Speciale, Dite Mono Rattrapante

BOVET Suisse Pocket watch: extremely rare steel chronograph with special function, called mono rattrapante, Bovet caliber, around 1930 Ca. Ø48mm, gross weight around 62 gr, steel case, extremely rare chronograph movement Bovet caliber according to the 1936 patent, Fantastically preserved original white dial with black lacquered Arabic numerals, blue hands, 30-minute register, in working order. Bovet patented this movement in 1936. Unlike the 2nd hand, the 2nd pusher is responsible for the intermediate times. The movement was used for wristwatches and, much more rarely, for pocket watches. Working condition . Numerous micro scratches on the case As a reminder, a classic split-seconds chronograph launches two superimposed hands when the chrono function is triggered and allows only one of the two hands to be stopped while the other continues its course in order to measure time. intermediaries. The stopped hand then catches up with the one that had continued its course at the press of a button, hence the name split-seconds chronograph. On the split-seconds chronograph, the triggering of the chrono only launches a single hand, but it still allows intermediate times to be measured by stopping this hand, then releasing the push button, it will continue its course by resuming there where she would have been if she hadn't been arrested.