flyback
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- /ˈflaɪbæk/
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- The Stratos Flyback Striking 10th Tribute to Felix Baumgartner is brimming with technology and refinement, yet it comes in under $10,000.
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His new watch has a flyback complication, improving the efficiency of timing sports events by allowing for quick resets.
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It is the first Striking 10th to feature a flyback complication, allowing for one-touch resetting and restarting of the chronograph.
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Speaking of straps, the Stratos Flyback "Tribute to Felix Baumgartner" has two available options.
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The watch Baumgartner wore was a stock Stratos Flyback, with the exception of a solid caseback in place of the transparent sapphire back.
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Following the release of the RM 011 Felipe Massa Flyback Chronograph Red Kite limited edition.
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Sure, that's a lot of money, but for an innovative manufacture column wheel flyback chronograph movement, it may be the best value haute horlogerie watch on earth in addition to the fastest.
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Strapped to his wrist, outside of his spacesuit, was the Zenith Stratos Flyback Striking 10th, making it the first wristwatch to be exposed to such a velocity outside of an air- or spacecraft.
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The flyback chronograph feature on this watch allows the timing hand to be reset to zero and immediately restarted.
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With a single press of a button, the flyback function lets you easily reset the stopwatch during your timing events.
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Etymology
Flyback comes from the simple parts fly and back, meaning 'move back quickly'. In a watch the timing hand 'flies back' to zero and immediately restarts with one action, so the name fits.