Patek Philippe 5372P – In their latest monpusher offering, Patek has a manual-wind caliber CHR 27‑525 PS Q boasting a full set of calendar complications: day of the week, date, month, day/night indicator, leap year, and small running seconds. Ulysse Nardin Monopusher Chronograph: The Ulysse Nardin monopusher uses the caliber UN-38, based off of the same base movement found in the Cartier mentioned above. Read more about the important Cartier caliber 045 MC here. Cartier offers a few models with single-button chronograph technology, including timepieces from the Tortue and the Tank lines.
The button is integrated into the crown, but instead of there being a button sticking out of the center of the crown, the entire crown can be pressed in, giving a clean buttonless appearance. The hand-wound IWC caliber 59360 features a pusher that is built into the crown.īell & Ross Vintage Monopusher: The Bell & Ross monopusher is powered by an automatic La Joux-Perret Caliber 8201 MPC with the chronograph button built into the crown.Īlpina Startimer Pilot Monopusher: Alpina’s single-pusher chronograph is powered by a caliber Alpina calls the AL-727, which is bascially a La Joux-Perret caliber like the B&R.Ĭartier Mono Poussoir: The Cartier Monopoussoir (pictured above) is probably the most elegant with how they pull off the monopusher. IWC Portofino Monopusher: IWC offers a Portofino chronograph with a single-button design. As you can guess, the MP stands for Monopusher. Caliber MB 25.12 is an automatic single-button chronograph with the button integrated into the crown.įarer Segrave Monopusher: Farer has a few single-button chrono options in their lineup, all using the Sellita caliber SW510 MP. For example, caliber MB M13.21 is a manual-wind single-button chronograph movement with the chrono pusher placed above the crown. Montblanc 1858 Monopusher: Montblanc has a few options for monopushers, some with the button above the crown, others with the button built into the crown. Previous to that, chronographs were in the form of pocket watches. This is a cool line of watches given that Longines claims to be the first company in the world to make a chronograph wristwatch in 1913 (it had a single pusher). These watches use the Longines caliber L788, based on the ETA Valgranges caliber A08.L11. Longines Heritage Series: Longines also has a few monopusher watches from the Avigation to the Pulsometer single pusher.
Here is a short list of a few modern watches with the monopusher complication. This button can be found above or below the crown, but is also sometimes built into the crown, allowing for a chronograph with a seemingly buttonless case design.
For example, whether on the automatic caliber 7750 or the quartz VK64, you will press the top button to start and stop the chronograph timing mechanism, then press the bottom button to reset it.įor monopusher watches, there is only a single pusher used to operate the chronograph function. Modern chronograph watches as we know them today, have two buttons: one above the crown and one below the crown. Modern watch brands like Cartier have had their Monopoussoir calibers, but not until ebauche-esque offerings from Sellita have they hit the mass market. While this design seems new to the market of modern wristwatches, it is actually found in antique pocket watches from a century ago. It is when a watch with a chronograph complication has one button instead of two. Sellita’s Manual-Wind Monopusher Caliber NumbersĪ monopusher is sometimes also called a single-button chronograph.Sellita’s Automatic Monopusher Caliber Numbers.Understanding the Sellita SW510 monopusher options.Some of the topics covered in the caliber listing: