The new TRIPLE SPLIT by A. Lange & Söhne is the first mechanical split-seconds chronograph in the world that allows multi-hour comparative time measurements.
An additional set of rattrapante hands on the minute and hour totalisers make it possible to stop lap and reference times of events that last as long as twelve hours.
This timepiece is the only one of all mechanical rattrapante chronographs, that is able to record lap times in hours, minutes and seconds, breaking the house record of the DOUBLE SPLIT, which in 2004 allowed the first comparative measurements with an aggregate duration of 30 minutes.
With a precisely jumping rattrapante minute counter and a continuous rattrapante hour counter, the TRIPLE SPLIT multiplies the measuring range of the rattrapante function by a factor of 24.
With this increased capability, the TRIPLE SPLIT can compare the times of two opponents in a Formula 1 race, a Tour de France leg or a marathon. It can also record the times of consecutively starting events, such as the outbound and return legs of a long-haul flight.
It is also able to add the times of multi-hour events, such as the duration of individual Ironman disciplines. Any number of lap times can be stopped during an additive time measurement.
In the passive mode, the respective hand pairs – sweep seconds, minute- and hour-counter hands – are superposed (hidden behind each other). When timing starts and is stopped at the pusher is first depressed, the three blued-steel hands stop to display lap times while the seconds hand as well as the minute- and hour-counter hands continue to run and measure the total time. A second actuation of the rattrapante pusher causes the three stopped hands to catch up and synchronise with the running hands that continue to measure the duration of the event.
The TRIPLE SPLIT – which comes in a limited edition of 100 pieces – is endowed with a flyback function that involves all three hand pairs as well. Thus, the chronograph can be reset and instantly restarted by pressing the lower chronograph pusher even during an ongoing measurement.
A power-reserve indicator based on Lange’s typical UP/DOWN display shows how much of the 55-hour reserve remains available. The well-organized grey dial in solid silver is colour-coordinated with the 18-carat white-gold case that has a diameter is 43.2 millimetres.
