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Re: Here is a statment that I found on this site..
In Response To: There's a statement on this from Omega ()

: SOMEWHERE in the archives, and it was posted in
: the last year or so. My aged and somewhat
: faulty memory seems to recall that neither
: gear train wear or power reserve were
: issues.

Is it okay to leave my chronograph function running all the time?
On most mechanical chronographs, yes it is okay. Some people prefer to do this in order to have the large second hand running. There is no evidence this causes any additional wear of any significance to the watch. It also makes little difference in the power reserve on your mechanical watch. Omega reports that their watches should lose less than 2% of their power reserve having the chronograph running continiously.

On quartz chronographs it is certainly okay. Though some quartz chronographs may limit the duration that the chronograph will run. Also, some quartz watches may disable the chronograph functions to conserve battery power when the battery is very low.

I appreciate everyones help with my question.
Thanks to all of you...

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