COSC is introducing a tougher certification tier, and your next watch might need to earn it.

A 10-day process takes timepieces through a series of tests checking their performance in magnetic fields, underwater and amid changing temperatures The Swiss luxury brand’s certification was first ...

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 ...

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?

Omega was the chosen timekeeper for the allied forces during World War II, the Olympic Games and Nasa’s US space program What does precision mean in an age when time is kept by computers? Those who ...

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 ...

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 ...

The term chronometer (which simply means time measurer in Latin) can only be used if the movement has been tested and certified by an independent authority. Although there are a number of these bodies ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the high, technical, and artistic ends of the watch industry. The brand-new FB 1L Chronometer, which displays the age and ...

Ralph Lauren is back with a new version of its sports watch model, the RL Safari Chronometer, now in a 42mm case compared to the 45mm size of the original. Ralph Lauren watches walk the line between ...