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Chronometer. The word appears on more watch dials than almost any other technical designation. Rolex prints it across the Submariner’s dial. Tudor uses it on the Black Bay line. Omega’s Master Chronometer standard takes it further. But what does the designation actually require, who tests...
The engineering problem at the centre of every mechanical watch is the same one that occupied clockmakers from the 13th century onwards: how to release stored energy at a controlled, predictable rate over a defined period. The mechanical watch movement solves this problem through a...
Roughly 3% of Swiss watch movements produced annually receive COSC certification. The figure is worth establishing at the outset, because the word “chronometer” appears on a significant proportion of Swiss watch dials and implies a tested standard that not every wearer knows the precise content...
