chronograph

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Recent Examples of chronograph The new Tiffany Timer comes equipped with an El Primero 400 chronograph movement made by Zenith. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026 There were innovations such as Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak RD#5, with its thin case, tourbillon and ultra-easy chronograph pushers, plus Breguet’s magnetic escapement in its avant-garde Expérimentale 1. Chris Rovzar, Bloomberg, 29 Dec. 2025 At Patek Phillipe, we were shown a new model with a split-seconds chronograph. Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025 When the door is opened, the cluster comes to life with animation inspired by chronographs. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chronograph
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronograph
stopwatch
Noun
  • Leadership stability at HBCUs is not a sprint and it cannot be built on a stopwatch.
    Essence, Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The founders began surveying industries, including agriculture, food prep, hospitality, before landing in logistics warehouses, stopwatch in hand, to measure how long tasks took.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025

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“Chronograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronograph. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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