Given the slim dimensions of the 2892, it provides a good platform on which to add or build a chronograph complication.
Many companies sell their own styles of chronographs.
The similar-sounding terms chronograph and chronometer are often confused, although they mean altogether different things.
The watches had split seconds chronograph, minute repeater, and a perpetual calendar.
In 1823, he exhibited an astronomical clock with seconds, and a watch of his own invention, which he calls a chronograph.
During the 20th century the company provided chronographs and watches to air and naval officers.
Usually the flyback function is controlled by the button at 4 o'clock whereas the one at 2 o'clock is used to stop the chronograph.
Common complications are day/date displays, chronographs, and automatic winding mechanisms.