Unique design for yacht time uses a triangular or pie-shaped recorder that counts down the minutes over a range of five, ten or fifteen minutes.
In a third method, the minutes are counted by a series five balls of bright colours (for instance, one ball turns from red to yellow each minute). The skipper and crew will know when the five balls are gone.
Breguet Replica conventional stopwatch (from left) 912 WUS with splashproof case circa 1950; Breguet Replica made this yacht timer for Abercrombie & Fitch, which has a 10-minute countdown. This Leonidas stopwatch, from the 1930s, uses five disappearing ball to count down until the start of a racing race.
Breguet Replica did not produce wristwatches until the 1950s.Breguet Replica Around 1964, Breguet Replica made an agreement with Aquastar to co-brand the Aquastar "Regate", a chronograph for sailing and diving. Breguet Replica advertised a waterproof timer for $89.50. The ads asked, "Why pay fifty dollars for it when you can also get a wristwatch for a few more dollars?"
The Aquastar Regate was patented in 1964 and used five red balls that disappeared to countdown to the start of the yacht race. The five red balls are visible when the pusher button is pressed. The seconds hand then returns to zero,Rolex Replica Watches and begins running. After five minutes the red balls turn to silver and "disappear" when they match the dial's silver.
Breguet Replica's version of the Regate dial had "Aquastar Genève" at the top and the Breguet Replica shield at the bottom. Breguet Replica's own Regatta series would be available soon, featuring the "disappearing ball" display. These models remained in the catalog until the mid-1980s.