The gaudy timepiece by Chopard is adorned with three heart-shaped diamonds—a 15-carat pink diamond, a 12-carat blue diamond and an 11-carat white diamond. For good measure, they threw in 163 carats of white and yellow diamonds to bring the total to 201 carats of diamonds. The result is something that looks rather like a geode that’s been turned inside out and dipped in lemon Kool-Aid. Add to that the fact that the size of the watch’s face must make telling time into a fun game of Where’s Waldo and you’ll see that Chopard has truly created a recipe for success.How's the watch actually works ?
The power flow through the movement is shown by the blue arrows: the main wheel (integral to the mainspring barrel), center wheel, third wheel, fourth wheel, and escape wheel. Each wheel drives the pinion gear of the following wheel.Many contemporary watches with center seconds use a modified gear train layout to drive the seconds hand in the center of the dial.Words and Terms: Chronograph
Watch or other apparatus with two independent time systems: one indicates the time of day, and the other measures brief intervals of time. Counters registering seconds, minutes and hours can be started and stopped as desired. It is therefore possible to measure the exact duration of a phenomenon. The term chronograph is often confused with the similar but very different term, 'chronometer'. Chronographs generally have a start/stop pusher and reset pusher. One touch of the start/stop pusher activates the (usually) separate chronograph hand. A second touch of the start/stop pusher stops the chronograph. Many chronographs usually measure durations as long as 12 hours, 29 minutes and 59 seconds.
