A. Lange & Söhne

What will happen if I push hard on the reset button when the chronograph is NOT running? I think there might be some pin to be bent. Not sure if this is the truth. By the way, according to a friend, she said she used to ask Robert on this question. Robert...  

berceuse, That is a dangerous question that may set off hundreds of experiments in PuristS Land resulting in a tsunami of repair requests Seriously, I tried with normal human reasonable force simulating a "mistake" and nothing happened. There was resistan... 

Don't try it at home! I meant that when I feel the resistance, I don't dare to push further (as the depth required by resetting the hands). But it did feel like it's possible to push it deeper. If I got a chance to meet Robert by myself again, I would ask... 

Nothing happened.

I cringe at the very thought of tempting fate with such an experiment.

I know you should not do that while it is running but the opposite seems benign.