A wise man once wrote that watch owners always have two questions in mind about their watches: is it worth it; and, is it a good watch? He went on to say that the answer to the first question is ...

Off to the races.

Today, on Fratello Talks, we're asking ourselves the question: how much does chronometer certification matter? ✓ Tune in here ...

Accuracy probably doesn’t play too big of a role in most peoples’ watch purchases, and while practically speaking there’s not much reason to own something hyper-accurate, there’s an ineffable coolness ...

The debut is Omega's first two-hand watch to achieve Master Chronometer certification.

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 ...

Most watches are made of stainless steel. It’s a good watchmaking material, but a metal that’s both lighter and stronger is surely superior, right? The watch industry today knows titanium well and ...

I love me a beefy, functional tool watch. To me it speaks to the adventurous potentialities of life. Take the classic dive watch, for instance. It has been a fixture on more masculine wrists than mine ...

One of Glashütte‘s most significant watches just got a refresh. The German watchmaker debuted a new version of its Senator Chronometer this week which sports a blue-and-gray color scheme chosen to ...

Modern-day watch buyers take precision for granted, but 240 years ago, when the British watchmaker John Arnold unveiled his seminal Chronometer No. 1/36, accuracy in a timekeeping instrument was, at ...

Omega, says it has solved a longstanding limitation in watch certification, unveiling a Constellation model that becomes the first two-hand watch to earn Master Chronometer status by replacing ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In the 19th century, portable marine timekeepers called chronometers became indispensable instruments for determining ...