The COSC Certification - Chronometry saga n°5
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- The COSC certificate is the most widespread label validating a watch's precision. Respecting the ISO 3159 international norm, it ensures the accuracy of a movement, and rarely a finished watch. We visited one of the three workshops that control more than 1.6 million calibers every year to interview its director Andreas Wyss. He underscores one particular fact: even if the norm was implemented in 1976, the level of precision remains, in particular as the thousands of movements produced every day must respect it.
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Thank you Stewart Craig. What would you like to know more in details concerning watches and watchmaking?
After I get through all your videos I guess I won't want for much.
Although I'm am interested the history of working watches and what they had to do and why they are chosen for the job and how they impacted the history of watch making. Like The Omega being picked for the moon landing. Blancpain for Military diving, Rolex for British MOD and other watches used in industry. I wonder why Churchill and Napoleon dawned Breguet.
Stewart Craig Thanks for your questions and we will for sure try to answer some of them in our upcoming videos. Always nice to hear what our viewers are interested in, thanks again!
I've wondered what COSC certification was for a few years now. And here you are making a video about it. Thanks bro. By the way, was Rolex the first chronometre??? And are ALL Omega watches COSC certified????
Helo Nikemac84, thank you for your comment. Actually, Rolex was the first brand to certifiy a wristwatch. But it was in England, at the Kew observatory in....1914! Concerning the COSC, we don't know which brands were the first to be certified. As this certification was a project gathering several brands, it could be that many of them certified their watches from the early beginning. And no, not all the Omega watches are not COSC certified.
Has COSC tightened the accuracy requirements over the years?
No because the international ISO norm didn't change. The actual criteria are already demanding for industrialized production. But the real thing is that if they delegates reopen the debate, the criteria might be lowered under the pressure of watches producers from other countries. The only test that can establish a better precision is the ones happening during the Concours de chronométrie. But this is a competition and the most precise watch gest the more points. Nothing to do with an independant norm.
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I find it baffling why the criteria should be lowered given humankind's progress with technology. Instead manufacturing and design standards should be raised for better accuracy.
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Absolutely agree. But there is a real interest from other watches producers' countries to "make it easier", juste because they could use the prestige and reputation of the norm to sell. You should know that, on certain models, the name "COSC" represents up to 27% of the value. It is a lot, but at least the movement is good...
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Je n'ai jamais entendu quelqu'un dire les nombres 76 et 99 de cette manière! haha
classic european bs. creating fictitious jobs