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$38,000
Montblanc Villeret 1858 Vintage Pulsographe
Price:
$38,000
Location:
New York, NY
Description:
Engine: 18,000 variations / hoursFunctions: Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Monopusher chronograph,Crystal: Sapphire Crystal - Scratch ResistantCaseback: Sapphire Crystal display backWater Resistance: 30m / 100ft (unsuitable for prolonged contact with water e.g. swimming, bathing)Bracelet: Alligator Leather - BlackClasp: 18k White Gold BuckleBezel Function: FixedBezel Material: 18k White GoldNotes: The Pulsograph Watch Eighty years ago, artillery officers and physicians numbered among the first users of wristwatch chronographs: the soldiers relied on their timepieces to perform ballistic calculations, while the doctors used theirs to measure patients' pulse rates without having to continue feeling the pulse for a full minute. A physician wearing a wristwatch with a pulsograph's scale could start his timepiece's chronograph function the moment he began to palpate the patient's pulse. If the scale was calibrated for thirty pulse beats, he would continue counting the throbs until he had felt the thirtieth pulsation, whereupon he would stop his chronograph: the tip of the designated hand would indicate the point along the pulsograph scale corresponding to the patient's pulse rate per minute. This saved between thirty and forty seconds per patient and was a convincing reason to own such a watch, especially if the physician's ward rounds required him to measure the pulse rates of fifty or more patients. Wristwatches with pulsograph scales soon earned fame as so-called doctor's watches.
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