Chronographe à Rattrapante Girard-Perregaux

Chronographe à Rattrapante Girard-Perregaux, “Chronographe à Rattrapante Automatique”, Ref. 9014. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button co-axial split-seconds chronograph, register and a stainless steel Girard-Perregaux buckle. To be sold without reserve Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel, domed sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied faceted yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer 1/5th seconds scale. Yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. 8298, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, co-axial push button on the crown to activate the split-seconds function. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 14,5 mm. Property of Various Owners Notes What is a split-seconds chronograph? A split-seconds chronograph or 'rattrapante' is a type of chronograph watch with two coaxial superimposed center-seconds hands that are controlled by two push-buttons. One push-button controls the split-seconds hand to stop or join the chronograph hand. The other push-buttons control both hands and all the functions of the chronograph. The chronograph hand and the split-seconds hand are used for timing several events that start simultaneously, but are of diffrent durations.