Most chronographs today feature dual pushers, which are both useful for starting and stopping the chronograph mechanism and also lend a cool aesthetic aspect to one side of the watch. In short, a modern chronograph tells the time traditionally and, using a distinct mechanical complication, also can record seconds, minutes, and hours (usually) in a stopwatch-style function. The mechanism was soon miniaturized and added to pocket watches. These recorded on two rotating discs of paper the difference in time between two horses on a race track.
Its name is derived from one of the earliest versions of the mechanism, which was essentially a box filled with clockwork attached to two inky styluses. Chronograph means “time writer,” but you can think of it as a stopwatch, activated and stopped at the whim of its user.
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