Precision is a never-ending quest
May 2026
What progress is being made in chronometry? What potential is there for even greater precision? Where are brands focusing their research?
Dominique Renaud: speeding up, slowing down time
May 2026
Dominique Renaud is a seeker, a tireless experimenter, a relentless explorer of the potentialities of mechanical regulation. After developing a very high (…)
De Bethune’s Sensorial Chronometry Project
May 2026
Since 2002, master watchmaker and De Bethune co-founder Denis Flageollet has sought ways to improve the precision, regularity and reliability of the brand’s (…)
Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 3SPC
May 2026
The aptly-named Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud, created by Karl-Friedrich Scheufele in 2015, takes inspiration from the celebrated chronometer-maker, and (…)
Grand Seiko Calibre 9RB2: the evolution 9 collection
May 2026
Some may balk at the idea of comparing superlative mechanical movements with an (albeit highly sophisticated) hybrid model, the Spring Drive. The first (…)
Omega Speedmaster Super Racing
May 2026
Omega pushes the boundaries of precision in a contemporary mechanical watch with the Speedmaster Super Racing, equipped with a co-axial escapement, silicon (…)
Rolex’s Calibre 7135 sets a high bar
May 2026
In 2025 Rolex released calibre 7135 and what it described as a “revolutionary” regulator, designed to combat watchmaking’s greatest “enemies”, namely (…)
Mechanical chronometry has a bright future
May 2026
Chronometry is an ancient pursuit. One that has existed ever since humans took it upon themselves to measure, more or less successfully, passing time. For (…)
Matters of the “heart”, the speed of the ticktock says it all
May 2026
The smaller the animal, the slower its heartbeat. A blue whale’s heartbeat can be as low as 2–8 beats per minute, while a field mouse has a rapid heart (…)
The innovative “Sistem” powering the Royal Pop
REPORT
May 2026
A few weeks before the launch of the Audemars Piguet x Swatch collaboration, we travelled to Boncourt, to the ETA facility where Sistem51 is produced. This (…)
The new Laboratoire de Précision bets on acoustic testing
May 2026
The absence of a seconds hand on Omega’s recent Constellation Observatory has attracted considerable attention and comment. Above all, the decision serves (…)
Vaucher Manufacture: Preparing the Standards of Tomorrow
May 2026
Caught between growing regulatory demands, the pursuit of ten-year reliability, ultra-thin movements with high power reserves and advances in (…)
