In an age where accurate time measurement is taken for granted, the upcoming auction of an 1825 marine chronometer highlights just how far science has advanced in the last 200 years. The invention of ...

Fine watches and jewellery retailer Wempe draws on its history of creating marine chronometers in a new collaboration with British yacht designer Tim Heywood. ‘Ship chronometers are an important part ...

Sitting in the saloon of a large yacht, an elaborately built, modern marine chronometer like the sculptural Atlantis Orbis by German clockmaker Erwin Sattler perfectly complements the maritime setting ...

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 ...

In a continuation of the trend toward cool collaborations in the watch industry, Wempe, the German-based retailer and watchmaker with a store on Fifth Avenue in New York, has teamed up with acclaimed ...

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 ...

Arnold & Son has released a new Longitude Titanium collection, a COSC-certified chronometer with sports-chic accents and three different dial colours. Prices are yet to be confirmed, although they ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. British clockmaker John Harrison helped make marine navigation safer ...

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 ...

In the days before GPS, the accuracy of a ship’s chronometer might be a matter of life and death. Navigators used them to determine longitude by measuring the local time via a sextant and a star map, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a continuation of the trend toward cool collaborations in the watch industry, Wempe, the German-based retailer and watchmaker ...