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Thanks for the information, Now I see how it works. I wasnt pushing the pin in far enough. Man I love this watch. The blue dial really sets this off. I paid $600.00 for it and its purrrfect!
Did I get a good deal?
Thanks again for your reply
Clay

: The big second hand is called the chronograph
: seconds. Normally, it just sits there at
: 12:00. The subdial (small second hand that
: moves) which you refered to in your post is
: the real seconds.

: Now, in order to get the chronograph (big)
: second hand to move, you must push in one of
: the pushers (I think it's the 2:00
: (uppermost) one. This initiates the
: chronograph function on the watch. The
: chronograph seconds will start to sweep the
: dial......

: Now, you may ask.... What is a chronograph?
: Well, a chronograph is essentially a timer
: (or stopwatch). Whenever you start the
: chronograph, you may stop it by pushing in
: the same button used to start it (just like
: a stop watch, there's a start/stop button).
: The other button is the reset, it just
: resets all of the chronograph hands to zero.

: Everyone probably has seen a stopwatch before,
: but the speedmaster you have is an analog
: version of the more familiar digital timers
: out there. Since it doesn't have a LCD
: display, it has to use six hands (one for
: seconds, minutes and hours) to display the
: chronograph and separate hands-one for
: seconds, minutes, hours-for the time.

: Chronograph manufacturers use the largest hand
: possible for the chronograph because it
: allows for more precise readings (the
: diameter is much larger, and therefore is
: easier to read and has more graduations than
: the smaller subdials). If they used the
: small seconds, imagine timing an event and
: trying to figure out if the event lasted 5
: seconds or 6 seconds on the small dial! It
: would be impossible.

: Oh, and by the way, congrats on a fine
: timepiece!