Results for Master Chronometer (METAS)

Introducing: The MAT Watches Egg Master Watch

Start your egg timers.

Bernhard Lederer Debuts the Central Impulse Chronometer Prototype

A member of the Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (AHCI) since its founding in 1985, Bernhard Lederer is a veteran of independent watchmaking. Though known amongst collectors for having founded the brand BLU in 2002, Mr Lederer is more of a watchmaker’s watchmaker, supplying movements and complications via his company MHM (short for “Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie et Micromécanique”). Born in Germany but based in Switzerland for decades, Mr Lederer’s technical prowess is on full view with his latest creation – the Central Impulse Chronometer (CIC). Seemingly a mere three-hand wristwatch on the front, the CIC is a actually a significant accomplishment – and undoubtedly one of the most notable watches of 2020 from a technical perspective. The movement is equipped with a natural escapements as well as dual gear trains. The construction is familiar – Mr Lederer describes it as a tribute to the late George Daniels and his landmark Space Traveller pocket watch – but improved and refined with the addition a remontoir d’egalité constant force mechanism for each going train. Initial thoughts With seemingly everything already having been done in watchmaking, it is not often that we encounter a genuinely interesting – and improved – twist to an already uncommon escapement. Here Mr Lederer rejuvenates the centuries-old idea of the natural escapement, but elevated by the added complexity and performance gains of twin remontoir going tr...

Reconstruction Of The John Harrison H4, The World’s First Precision Marine Chronometer, By Derek Pratt And Roger Stevenson/Frodsham

Here we present the full three-part series about the making of Derek Pratt's John Harrison H4 reconstruction, originally written by Roger Stevenson, chief watchmaker at Frodsham.

Watches And Hollywood: A Prop Master Talks Interstellar, Westworld, And Watches In The Movies

Plus, why Christopher Nolan needed 10 Hamilton 'Murphs.'

Accuracy: The Modern Chronometer Watch And How It Got That Way

What it is, why it is, and why it's one of the ultimate challenges in precision mechanics.

Bring a Loupe: A Well-Preserved Universal Genève, A Heuer Triple Calendar Chronograph, And A Top-Tier Gold GMT-Master

It's golden hour in this week's round-up of vintage watches from around the web.

Recommended Reading: Audemars Piguet's Head Of Complications Michael Friedman Talks [Re]Master 01 With Barron's

An inside look at how this watch came to be.

Bring a Loupe: A Full-Set Seamaster, A Fiery Gold GMT-Master, And A Clock Owned By Elvis

This week's round-up of vintage watches (and more!) from around the web.

In-Depth: The Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication 2020 (And The Future Of The Supercomplication)

JLC quietly introduces a new version of one of its classic high complications.

Bring a Loupe: An Art Deco Patek Philippe Pocket Watch, A GMT-Master II With A Military Twist, And A Wrist-Mounted Camera

And more from this week in vintage watches from around the web.

Sunday Rewind: Become A Speedmaster Master

Loving the Speedmaster to the moon and back.

Bring a Loupe: A GMT-Master With Political Provenance, A 1930s Reverso, And A Curious Piece Of Girard-Perregaux Ephemera

Wash your hands, relax, and enjoy this week's roundup of watches from around the web.

New and reviewed: Luminox Chronograph Bear Grylls Survival 3740 Master Series

Luminox releases 3 new Bear Grylls Survival Series watches. We go hands-on with one of them: the Chronograph Bear Grylls Survival 3740.

Bring a Loupe: A Rolex GMT Master, An Eberhard Extra Fort, And An Angelus Chronodato

Your weekly round-up of vintage watches from around the web.

Interview: Michael Blayney, Chronometer Maker (And Neighbor Of George Daniels)

It started with a challenge by George Daniels, and the rest is history.

Bring a Loupe: A Wittnauer Alarm, A Gilt Doxa Chronograph, And An IBM Master Clock

The must-know watches for sale from around the web.

Bring a Loupe: A Tiffany-Signed Patek Philippe Ref. 725/2, An Iced Out 1985 Rolex GMT-Master Ref. 16758, And A Ecole D’Horlogerie Watch

Your weekly round-up of the best vintage watches from around the 'net.

Phillips Watches to Sell Marlon Brando’s 1675 GMT-Master from ‘Apocalypse Now’

The Dive Master

Editor-at-Large Ken Kessler contemplates how watch trends form and how that allows the value purchase market to punch above its weight.

Master of Complexity: Richard Mille RM 039 E6-B Tourbillon

“The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.” - Antoine de Saint Expury, Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939.

New Release: A Tale of Two Pepsi GMT Watches - Rolex GMT-Master II and Tudor Black Bay GMT

We take a quick look at the two Pepsi GMT watches launched in Baselworld 2018, from Rolex and Tudor. Click here to find out what are the reasons that makes these two GMT watches tick!

New Release: Luminox Master Carbon SEAL (Limited Edition)

Introducing a new and very attractive natural anthracite material that does not get hot in warm temperatures or cold in more frigid climates.

Revolution Awards 2017: Lifetime Achievement - Kurt Klaus, Master Watchmaker and IWC Ambassador

Once again, the global editors of Revolution weigh in on the best timepieces of the year, as well as the personalities that shaped the watch industry.

1 on 1: Comparing the Grand Seiko SBGR305 and the Jaeger leCoultre Master Control Date

We look at two new releases this year, both in the same category, the automatic three hands and date. Two brands, one Japanese and the other Swiss. One of t

The Secrets of F. P. Journe’s Resonance Chronometer

The Return Of A Master

Baselworld 2015: New Rolex Oyster Perpetuals and Yacht-Master With Live Images

Jaeger LeCoultre: new Master Calendar with Meteorite dial (price and specs)

New for SIHH 2015: Jaeger LeCoultre pays tribute to the astronomy and the celestial movements. Two new watches are announced, both equipped with a meteorite dial so one can catch a piece of the heavens as one glance onto one’s wrist to read the time, or just to admire the handsome watch. One encased inRead More

Panerai Luminor Base 8 Days: Master Of The Essentials

Panerai has something that no other brand has this much of. It is one of the rarest commodities in watchmaking, and many watchmakers lose sleep over the lack of it. That commodity is space. You’d expect a Panerai to be big and bulky since it is an essential part of the DNA of the brand. […]

In Plain Sight: Revealing The Secrets Of F. P. Journe’s Resonance Chronometer

This story is something of a mea culpa. Many years ago, when I was yet green with youth and correspondingly filled with overweening self-confidence, an independent watchmaker –a respected one; a student of the work of such luminaries as Janvier and Breguet –named Francois Paul Journe, came out with a most intriguing watch. That watch was […]