Let’s get one thing out of the way: a chronometer is different than a chronograph, though one can also be the other. We’ve heard the terms confused one too many times, and while we’ll forgive past ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Omega Antimagnetic De Ville Tourbillon Numbered edition is a breakthrough for Omega, which combines a master chronometer certification with a central tourbillon and "mastery" style hands. Omega is ...

You may recognise the term “Master Chronometer”. In all likelihood, you’ll only ever have seen it on an Omega, which has been alone in using the words on a watch dial since it placed them on the first ...

Many have perhaps heard the term “chronometer” or seen the words “Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified” cluttering up a Rolex dial without fully understanding it. What does it mean, exactly?

Tudor’s ever-expanding Black Bay collection has grown by one, welcoming a new all-black, ceramic-cased dive watch. The stealthy watch uses matte finish black ceramic for its 41mm case and a ...