Talk:Chronometer watch

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The section about silicon valley employees and quartz vs. expensive chronometers seems to be more editorial than not. Funtaff (talk) 01:48, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it doesn't belong here. I'm going to remove it. --Rhombus (talk) 17:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Purpose

I do not feel qualified to edit the main page, but shouldn't you say what a Chronometer IS rather just describe what it is. I mean, what is its purpose, why is it used and so on? == —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.105.241.121 (talk) 17:22, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

That's a fair question. I'm not sure what to say about it; it seems that a chronometer watch (as opposed to a marine chronometer) is just a watch with a fancy diploma. It's a luxury item, not a tool. Paul Koning (talk) 00:39, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Meaning : Chonometer = Stopwatch ?

In most countries chronometer just signifies stopwatch.

Checking the web and online dictionaries they are exact synonyms: a piece of equipment which measures time very accurately.

For me, stopwatch is an American word to say chronometer.

This is a problem for international wiki links. I think only those referring to 'certified by the COSC ' should be linked here. And most don't (eg.: French:Chronometre) - YCC 08:25, 6 February 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cy21 (talk • contribs)

A watch that includes a stopwatch in additon to telling the time is called a chronograph, not a chronometer. -- Racklever (talk) 10:46, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Merge or rewrite

This article (Chronometer watch) and Certified chronometer are largely duplications. It seems to me that the material about COSC certification should be in an article with a title like COSC certified chronometer because other groups have certified chronometers over history. It also appears to me that the articles should recognize that the word "chronometer", while it has a specific meaning when applied to Swiss watches, in general means a device for accurately measuring time. There are a number of such devices listed at Chronometer (disambiguation). I am hopeful that an editor with an interest in this area might work on this issue. I will post a request at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Time#COSC certified chronometer. I'd be happy to help. Thank you. SchreiberBike (talk) 18:20, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

I'd say merge. If this article gets too filled with information about different standards, then it should split to individual articles, but like you said, the articles are largely duplicates. Also, I found another article, Observatory Chronometer, which seems to be another duplicate of the same subject. I've tagged them all with merges. Forbes72 (talk) 03:37, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Agree with the Certified chronometer merge and merged it into the existing most relevant section there. Klbrain (talk) 06:20, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Closing the Observatory merge proposal: stale, with no support over 2.5 years Klbrain (talk) 06:23, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

Introductory paragraph and other information misleading for non-Swiss chronometers

By saying that outside Switzerland the use of the term chronometer is controlled only "by the scruples of watchmakers" is misleading, at least historically, as is the identification of "officially certified" chronometers exclusively with COSC, the Swiss certification body. For example, from 1969-1983(?) chronometers were officially certified in Japan by the Japan Chronometer Inspection Institute to the same ISO standard used by COSC, and the JCII was recognised as official by the same (Swiss based) international body that recognised COSC. This is important, because there is a historical and ongoing campaign of misinformation from the Swiss watch industry and many European watchmakers to play down the value, status and quality of non-Swiss watches. I would correct the article myself but don't feel I am the best qualified to do so. Spiridens (talk) 09:06, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

I have now included mention of the Seiko observatory chronometers that were sold to the public in the late 1960s (supplementing the misleading implication that Girard-Perregaux were the only manufacturer to do this). I don't quite have the technical ability to reference this (nothing else in the article is referenced), but some information can be found here: http://www.watchesbysjx.com/2013/06/up-close-seiko-astronomical-observatory.html Spiridens (talk) 09:37, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Also now modified the first paragraph to correct the above-mentioned bias. Spiridens (talk) 09:45, 29 July 2014 (UTC)