Today, on Fratello Talks, we're asking ourselves the question: how much does chronometer certification matter? ✓ Tune in here ...

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 ...

Omega’s new Constellation Observatory collection debuts a new technology that allows a watch movement to be tested for ...

Luxury watch maker Omega has this month launched the new Master Chronometer Certification as well as the very first Master Chronometer watch in the form of the Omega Globemaster pictured above. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This really shouldn’t be an opinion essay. It should be a simple lesson on accurate definitions and precise usage of the terms ...

In the early days of sailing, it was extremely challenging for ships to determine their position at sea once they lost sight of land. Their navigation methods didn’t account for environmental factors ...

Modern-day watch buyers take precision for granted, but 240 years ago, when the British watchmaker John Arnold unveiled his seminal Chronometer No. 1/36, accuracy in a timekeeping instrument was, at ...

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 ...

It’s even become the norm among high-minded watch technicians. When I bring these terms up with them, they dismiss my concerns as those of an obsessive wordsmith. I feel like a scowling, Dickensian ...