Many wristwatches are available as chronographs. This term refers to any watch that has multiple timekeeping functions, and particularly includes those that work as stopwatches. While chronograph watches were produced in the eighteenth century as pocket watches, they didn’t really catch on until the 1820s. Chronograph wristwatches took longer to come about. The first one was produced in 1952, and was the Breitling Navitimer. Now, however, it’s easy to get a watch that offers multiple timekeeping functions.

There are lots of uses for your watch’s chronograph. Stopwatch functions make it easy to time short tasks, like boiling an egg, waiting for the right point in a cooking operation, or timing a computer task. Of course, what you do with a chronograph will depend on your hobbies and job. The possibilities are endless. If you’ve got a watch with a chronograph, learn as much as you can about it, so you’ll be able to use its functions properly.