Chopard Classic Racing Superfast Chrono Split Second

Chopard has introduced is latest creation, the Classic Racing Superfast Chrono Split Second, a chronometer watch certified by the COSC and which enables measurement of intermediate or “split” times making it an indispensable dashboard instrument for all aficionados of fine mechanisms.
There are many characteristics in this watch that give it a racing feel.  For example, the strap, which looks like the thread of the 1960s Dunlop Racing Tires and made of natural rubber.  Also we have the dial which evokes the counters of vintage racing cars, the minute markers on the flange are reminiscent of the numerals adorning the rev counters and speedometers.
The mechanism is housed in a 45 mm-diameter DLC blackened steel case, the self-winding movement chronometer-certified by the COSC powers the hour and minute hands, small seconds at 9 o'clock, as well as a pointer type date display in a subdial at 3 o'clock - an increasingly rare but attractive function. But the real star of this watch is the split-second chronograph, an entertaining complication that is in fact one of the most technically demanding of them all. It enables measurement of either a split time or of two events that begin at the same time but with different durations.

By: Antonio Mugica