Marine chronometers have been an ocean-going thing ever since English clockmaker John Harrison—in answer to a then-hefty £20,000 carrot from Parliament—created the H1 in 1730. His was the first ...

While watch enthusiasts are likely familiar with COSC testing and chronometer-certified watches, very few probably realize that the organization doesn’t just test mechanical movements. There are, in ...

The masterpiece features a trio of tourbillons affixed to a rotating plate, which completes six rotations per hour; each tourbillon on the other hand rotates every 60 seconds. Vibrating at 3 Hz, the ...

China's watchmaking industry reached a milestone recently when it got a watch movement certified as a "chronometer". [Photo/VCG] China's watchmaking industry reached a milestone recently when it got a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Literary tracker of timepieces and luxury goods. Ralph Lauren has been creating safari chic clothing for men and women, as well as ...

Arnold & Son has released a new Longitude Titanium collection, a COSC-certified chronometer with sports-chic accents and three different dial colours. Prices are yet to be confirmed, although they ...

The Swiss watchmaker updates the Seamaster Aqua Terra line with a refined Worldtimer design featuring a titanium-cast likeness of Earth Additional dial colours for the classic men’s Aqua Terra model ...

Within the Swiss watch industry, there are a handful of certifications and seals that evaluate high-end watches, perhaps the best-known of which is the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute ...

Reading about watches can often feel like cracking open a textbook. Browsing—and even buying—means being barraged with inscrutable words and phrases like "tourbillons,” “perpetual calendars,” “minute ...

The world of horology can be confusing at the best of times and downright exclusionary at the worst. Some of this is deliberate, of course, as brands want to convey a sense of mystery and exclu­sivity ...

The watch world is full of jargon that's tough to understand. Chronometer might sound like a mouthful, but it's just a fancy word for "really, really precise watch." The word chronometer goes back to ...