• The chronomètre is a precursor of the metronome. It was invented circa 1694 by Étienne Loulié to record the preferred tempo of pieces of music. Musician...
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    the 2005 Men's Watch Prize for the Chronomètre Souverain; and the 2010 Complicated Watch Prize for the Chronomètre à Résonance. F.P. Journe participated...
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  • The Contrôle officiel suisse des Chronomètres (COSC), the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, is the institute responsible for certifying the...
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    Switzerland, timepieces certified by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) may be marked as Certified Chronometer or Officially Certified...
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    Zeitung.ch 15 August 2018, retrieved 27 December 2018. "Dani Arnold: "Le chronomètre, ça parle au public" - Le Temps" (in French). 2019-10-17. ISSN 1423-3967...
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    certain standard of accuracy by the COSC (Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres). The concepts are different but not mutually exclusive; so a watch can...
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    1982 Pocket 4.325 5.376 11/19/2017 London Sotheby's 27 F. P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance "Souscription" 001/00R 2000 Wrist 4.278 4.278 11/07/2021...
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  • Cathedral. In 1696, musician Étienne Loulié built a pendulum-based "chronomètre", consisting of a lead weight hanging from an adjustable string alongside...
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    chronometers. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Henri MOTEL n°258 Chronomètre de Marine 40 heures[permanent dead link] (in French) Marine Chronometer...
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    Villarceau, A.-J. (1863). Recherches sur le mouvement et la compensation des chronomètres. Annales de l'Observatoire impérial de Paris, Tome VII. p. 88. Clyne...
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