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 ...

Marine chronometers have been an ocean-going thing ever since English clockmaker John Harrison—in answer to a then-hefty £20,000 carrot from Parliament—created the H1 in 1730. His was the 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 ...

The masterpiece features a trio of tourbillons affixed to a rotating plate, which completes six rotations per hour; each tourbillon on the other hand rotates every 60 seconds. Vibrating at 3 Hz, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Literary tracker of timepieces and luxury goods. Ralph Lauren has been creating safari chic clothing for men and women, as well as ...

The watch world is full of jargon that's tough to understand. Chronometer might sound like a mouthful, but it's just a fancy word for "really, really precise watch." The word chronometer goes back to ...

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?

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 ...

The world of horology can be confusing at the best of times and downright exclusionary at the worst. Some of this is deliberate, of course, as brands want to convey a sense of mystery and exclu­sivity ...