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  2. Omega Flightmaster - Wikipedia

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    The Omega Flightmaster is a vintage hand-wound chronograph made by Omega SA between 1969 and 1972. [1] The Flightmaster was designed by Frédéric Robert, the creator behind the Geneva diving watchmaker Aquastar. [2] There were two versions of the Flightmaster.

  3. Seiko - Wikipedia

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    Seiko's Wako store in Ginza serves as the company's registered office. Seiko Group Corporation (セイコーグループ株式会社, Seikō Gurūpu kabushiki gaisha), commonly known as Seiko (/ ˈseɪkoʊ / SAY-koh, Japanese: [seːkoː]), is a Japanese maker of watches, clocks, electronic devices, semiconductors, jewelry, and optical products.

  4. Flyback chronograph - Wikipedia

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    A flyback chronograph is a watch complication, in which the user can use a reset function without the need to first stop the chronograph, by a single press on an additional pusher at the 4 o'clock mark. In usual chronographs of the time, the user had to push three times for the same operation. First they had to stop the chronograph, then reset ...

  5. Chronograph - Wikipedia

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    Chronograph. An Omega Speedmaster Professional, which is commonly regarded as one of the most iconic chronographs ever produced. Gallet MultiChron Astronomic (c. 1959)—complex mechanical chronograph with 12-hour recording capabilities, automatic day, date, month, and moon phase display. A chronograph is a specific type of watch that is used ...

  6. Automatic quartz - Wikipedia

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    Seiko AGS SCUBA Diver 200m 5M23-6A60, 1993. Automatic quartz is a collective term describing watch movements that combine a self-winding rotor mechanism [1] (as used in automatic mechanical watches) to generate electricity with a piezoelectric quartz crystal as its timing element. Such movements aim to provide the advantages of quartz without ...

  7. Flying Officer Chronograph - Wikipedia

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    The Flying Officer chronograph wristwatch (1939–present), designed and manufactured in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland by Gallet & Co., was commissioned by Senator Harry S. Truman from Missouri in 1939 for pilots and navigators of the United States Army Air Forces. Originally known as the "Flight Officer", a rank in the early Army Air Forces ...