To Chuck, a two register chronograph was nothing more than "half a chronograph" . . . that was his phrase, and there were no exceptions to the characterization.

Of course, that leads to the question of exactly how he would have characterized the Chronolympic (shown below), which was part of his collection. Beacuse it has a 12-hour recorder, I believe that it would qualify as a proper chronograph, rather than a half!

Jeff

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: Chuck always had a broad range of tastes. That, and his often
: professed liking for the Lemania 5100 and offshoots was a large
: part of what led me to consider the other generations of Carrera
: other than the first I was concentrated on at the time. And my
: 510.511 was pretty much a daily wearer for 6 months or so as a
: result. So a thank you for that, though Chuck wasn't around long
: enough for me to tell him that he was part of that influence.

: I also liked his style of quoting and dissecting a post in reply.
: It works well and I've borrowed that style a couple of times
: myself. Though it can be hard to pull off without coming across
: as at least a little bit confrontational.

: Which leads me onto the third point. I always appreciated Chuck's
: candour, and the way he went about it. I really like 2-register
: chronographs. Chuck, not so much. But it was also something we
: could agree to disagree on, which is always a good thing. There
: are more important things than whether 2 or 3 (or, rarely, 4)
: registers are best, after all (it is 2 though ;) ).

: I think Chuck would be happy to know that his input, information
: and inspiration live on after the man himself has gone.