Unfortunately, watchmaking has numerous enemies that affect the mechanical heart of certain timepieces, or even damage them irremediably. To combat these, Tissot has introduced a… Read More »Tissot: Defeating The Enemies of Chronometry
While the Air-King refers to the historical links between Rolex and aviation, this new model makes a modern statement with a 40-mm case, boldly styled… Read More »Rolex: King Of The Sky
Less than a century after the launch of its first diving watch, the Omega Marine, and most memorably the Seamaster in 1948, the brand from… Read More »The Ocean, the Seamaster Playground
The Rolex Submariner-Date is an officially certified chronometer, selfwinding and guaranteed waterproof to a depth of 300 m/1,000 feet. It is the trustworthy chronometer for… Read More »Rolex Submariner-Date
It is an everyday watch that can be worn everyday of a man’s life. No matter what he does. Or where he goes. There are… Read More »Profile Of The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometer
Standard Procedures: Seiko vs. COSC How does Seiko’s Grand Seiko Inspection Standard differ from the COSC tests required for a Swiss mechanical chronometer? In three… Read More »Standard Procedures: Seiko vs. COSC
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Day-Date” is the world’s most handsome, waterproof, self-winding, calendar chronometer – the crowning achievement of Rolex and of the Swiss watchmaking… Read More »Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date Chronometer
left: Pocket chronometer, brass dial and movement inscribed invenit et fecit; by Thomas Earnshaw (1749-1829); London, England, early 19th century; dia. 2” (5.08 cm.). right:… Read More »Pocket chronometer, brass dial and movement
Early pocket chronometer with silver case by the firm of Barraud of Cornhill; For extra legibility there are two subsidiary dials for hours and seconds… Read More »Early pocket chronometer with silver case
Marine chronometer, with brass and mahogany case, by Jas McCabe; London, England, mid-19th century; dia. 4” (10.7 cm.). This typical marine chronometer is mounted in… Read More »Marine chronometer, with brass and mahogany case, by Jas McCabe
Pocket chronometer movement, silver case, hall-marked 1825, by Earnshaw; London, England, 1825; dia. 2” (5.08cm.). This is another example by Earnshaw, made near the end… Read More »Pocket chronometer movement, silver case, hall-marked 1825, by Earnshaw
Chronometer N. 17 by Pennington, Pendleton and Others for the son of the inventor, made in 1797. Thomas Mudge Jnr. organised the production of some… Read More »Chronometer N. 17 by Pennington 1797