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Dunno how it can be considered a "chronograph" when it has a lever escapement.

A chronograph is any watch with a stopwatch complication. I'm really not sure what your concern with a lever escapement is, as this is used on almost all mechanical watches.

A chronograph has a chronograph or detent escapement. The purpose of which is eliminate the sliding friction in the escapement and variability caused by viscosity change in lubrication with temperature.

I never heard that a stopwatch makes a watch a chronometer. That sounds like a marketing gimmick.

Ahould your original post read “chronometer” instead of chronograph? I also understand chronograph to mean a stopwatch complication, which is different from a chronometer certification.

Even chronometer just means it passes chronometer specification, which for Swiss watches means that the movement is certified by COSC.

It does not imply a particular kind of escapement.

I have a Certina with ETA 2824-II and a Longines with ETA 2892-A2 which are inside COSC specs but not certified as chronometers.

Doh yeah. It's too late.

it has a stopwatch. It's that simple.

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