The clockmaker greatly increased the safety of long-distance sea travel through the marine chronometer, a device that solved the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea. Following the ...

Mido revived the distinctive Multifort TV case in 2023, building a collection of rectangular watches with an (almost) integrated bracelet, including fun editions with the retro TV test card dials. The ...

For nearly two centuries, Jaeger-LeCoultre has operated from the Vallée de Joux—a remote Swiss valley that shaped generations of watchmaking through sheer isolation and brutal winters—producing ...

Meet the Omega Constellation Observatory, the first two-hand watch to receive Master Chronometer certification Precision is at the core of watchmaking, and Omega has just introduced a collection—not ...

Omega, says it has solved a longstanding limitation in watch certification, unveiling a Constellation model that becomes the first two-hand watch to earn Master Chronometer status by replacing ...

Omega has debuted its first two-hand watch to achieve Master Chronometer certification. Part of the new Constellation Observatory Collection, the luxury timepieces mark the brand’s next chapter in its ...

Omega has been making the Constellation for more than 70 years, a watch that was the Swiss brand's elegant flagship timepiece before the Speedmaster landed in 1957. It got its moniker from an image on ...

Earlier this month, the Côntrole Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) unveiled its new Excellence Chronometer Certification, offering manufacturers of Swiss-made watches a higher standard of ...

Earlier this month, on the 50th anniversary of the ISO 3159 chronometer standard, COSC unveiled a stricter, more realistic certification protocol — tightening rate tolerances, increasing magnetic ...

Having the exact time on hand is nothing special nowadays. Almost always, you’re connected to satellite time (GPS), which is based on atomic clocks in satellites that measure time to 100 billionths of ...

The word “chronometer” carries a lot of weight on the dial of a mechanical watch. It’s a guarantee that the watch has been certified by a third party to meet certain rigorous accuracy standards, ...