While watch enthusiasts are likely familiar with COSC testing and chronometer-certified watches, very few probably realize that the organization doesn’t just test mechanical movements. There are, in ...

We wear watches to know the time… don’t we? Given that I, and many other collectors I know, have strapped a watch on in the morning and only later that afternoon realised the watch has been neither ...

The story of the mechanical timepiece has always been one of relentless progress towards accuracy, usually by tiny, gradual increments. From Christiaan Huygens’ first watch to the observatory tests of ...

In the early days of sailing, it was extremely challenging for ships to determine their position at sea once they lost sight of land. Their navigation methods didn’t account for environmental factors ...