Chronograph 130 — Monopusher, Victorin Piguet Movement

Victorin Piguet 13'''

13-ligne chronographChronographA watch function for starting, stopping and resetting an elapsed-time measurement independently of the ordinary time display. ébaucheÉbaucheAn incomplete movement supplied for further work before it becomes a finished watch mechanism. The parts included in an ébauche have varied by period and supplier; the term does not by itself specify a complete, assembled movement. by Victorin Piguet, finished by Patek Philippe. Used in many of Patek’s split-secondsSplit-seconds chronographA chronograph with two superimposed timing hands. One can be stopped to read an intermediate time while the other continues; releasing the stopped hand makes it catch up and run together with the other again. This allows comparison of events that start together. and in the earliest that became the ref. 130, before the switch to the Valjoux-based 13-130 in 1936.