Okay, so I’ve been seeing those “tissot chronograph tachymeter” watches around, and I gotta say, I was curious. I mean, what even is a tachymeter? So, I decided to figure it out, hands-on.
First, I grabbed my own Tissot chronograph – gotta have the right tool for the job, right? I made sure it had that tachymeter scale around the bezel, the numbers that go from like 60 up to 400 or 500.
Next, I figured I needed something to time. I decided to use my car. I found a stretch of road where I knew the distance – exactly one mile, marked by those little roadside signs.
My Little Experiment
- I got the car rolling, and as I passed the first mile marker, I hit the start button on my chronograph.
- Then, I just drove normally, trying to keep a steady speed. Nothing crazy.
- I pass the second mile marker and I am going to stop the chronograph.
Here’s the “magic”: Once I passed the second mile marker, I immediately stopped the chronograph. The second hand was pointing at, let’s say, the number 90 on the tachymeter scale.
And that’s it! That number – 90 – is my average speed in miles per hour. No math, no converting seconds to minutes, the watch does it for you! I checked it against my car’s speedometer, and it was surprisingly close. Pretty cool, huh?
I played around with it a few more times, timing different things, like how long it took me to walk a certain block. It’s kind of addictive, in a nerdy way.
So, basically, that tachymeter scale is a simple way to measure speed over a known distance. It’s not something I’ll use every day, but it’s a neat little feature, and it made me appreciate my watch a little bit more.
