Chronograph 1436 — Later Construction, Co-Axial Split Button

Later examples with a separate 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. button set co-axially in the crown. Example: yellow gold, made 1965, sold 1967, all dial markings in champlevéChamplevéEnamel decoration made by cutting recesses into a metal surface, then filling and firing enamel in those recesses. enamelEnamelA glass-based decorative material fused to metal by firing. In traditional dial-making, powdered enamel is applied in layers and heated in a kiln. A dealer’s colour or finish description alone does not establish this construction..