LeJour Yachtingraf Strap and attracted the best watchmakers

and attracted the best watchmakers of the day

Though the case proportions are on the larger size for the era

sedately cataloguing every passing second of daily existence

these watches were designed to take a beating

LeJour Yachtingraf Strap and attracted the best watchmakers1961, JeanRichard SA parent company of Aquastar filed a patent for a unique type of watch. Frdric Robert, the founder of Aquastar as well as one of its chief designers, took a Felsa 4000N movement and modified it to display a five minute counter, located on a disc on top of the movement. Robert then added a third wheel and connected to a pusher once depressed, the pusher would reset the seconds hand to zero and start a countdown, visible on the disc.