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    A marine chronometer is a precision timepiece that is carried on a ship and employed in the determination of the ship's position by celestial navigation...
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    marked as Certified Chronometer or Officially Certified Chronometer. Outside Switzerland, equivalent bodies, such as the Japan Chronometer Inspection Institute...
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    Clock (redirect from Chronometer)
    A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals...
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    John Harrison (redirect from H4 chronometer)
    1776) was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude...
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  • Thomas Mercer Chronometers is a British company specialising in the design and production of bespoke chronometers. The story begins with John Harrison...
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  • Contrôle officiel suisse des Chronomètres (COSC), the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, is the institute responsible for certifying the accuracy...
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    Longitude by chronometer is a method, in navigation, of determining longitude using a marine chronometer, which was developed by John Harrison during...
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    participate in domestically mass-producing chronometers. Hamilton was provided with two Swiss Ulysse Nardin marine chronometers to examine. Hamilton successfully...
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  • An observatory chronometer is a timepiece that has passed stringent testing and a slate of accuracy tests. Thus, the "observatory trial" developed as...
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    The Omega Marine Chronometer was the first quartz wristwatch ever to be awarded certified status as a marine chronometer. The watch was made by Omega...
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