Actor Lee Jong-suk has captured public attention with a noticeably sharper facial contour during a recent official ...

John Harrison was a Yorkshire clockmaker and joiner who revolutionised navigation when he invented the marine chronometer.

Hello and welcome to another instalment of The Wind Up. This is Man of Many’s weekly wrap detailing the horological ...

The 2026 Tudor Northflag keeps its industrial case and integrated bracelet and adds a GMT function, a new manufacture ...

Omega has debuted its first two-hand watch to achieve Master Chronometer certification. Part of the new Constellation Observatory Collection, the luxury timepieces mark the brand’s next chapter in its ...

Earlier this month, on the 50th anniversary of the ISO 3159 chronometer standard, COSC unveiled a stricter, more realistic certification protocol — tightening rate tolerances, increasing magnetic ...

Having the exact time on hand is nothing special nowadays. Almost always, you’re connected to satellite time (GPS), which is based on atomic clocks in satellites that measure time to 100 billionths of ...

The word “chronometer” carries a lot of weight on the dial of a mechanical watch. It’s a guarantee that the watch has been certified by a third party to meet certain rigorous accuracy standards, ...

If you’ve ever confidently called your chronograph a chronometer at a dinner table full of watch geeks, you’ve probably seen the collective gasp — the kind that makes espresso cups tremble. Don’t ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The term “chronometer” dates back more than 150 years, and originally referred to marine clocks whose accuracy ...