This is our first mechanical hand-wound chronograph*, produced in an edition of 2 x 100 numbered pieces. Sporty by nature, it adds the display of timed times to the reading of the current time. To create and develop it, we collaborated with the prestigious Chapal manufacture, whose history is closely linked to those of aviation and the automobile. Kelton is also closely involved in motor sports. Emerson Fittipaldi, twice Formula 1 world champion in 1972 and 1974 and sponsored by Timex, visited the Besan\u00e7on workshops in 1975. The name of this watch (1972) is a nod to Emerson’s achievements. Since 1832, the Chapal factory has been involved in the adventures of aviation and motor racing through its collections of custom-made leather garments; as such, it is logical that it should manufacture – in its workshops in Crocq (Creuse) – the leather strap that equips our chronograph. The beating heart of this chrono is a Seagull St 1901 caliber. The beautiful stories of watches and movements generally begin in Switzerland, thus, the ancestor of the caliber animating our chronograph was born in Moutier, in the “Fabrique d’\u00e9bauches V\u00e9nus SA”, which filed a first patent for a chronograph system in 1933.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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