Marine chronometer No. 3196 Today, of course, the crews of oceangoing vessels are able to use radar and GPS to find their position, plot their route and locate obstacles above and below the water.

This programme is about time, and our object is a clock - a marine chronometer made around 1800. But the point of this clock wasn't so much to tell you the time as to tell you where you were.

In the late 18th century, Paris was the Silicon Valley of watchmaking. And the comparison isn’t as daft as it sounds. The ...

This programme is about time, and our object is a clock - a marine chronometer made around 1800. But the point of this clock wasn't so much to tell you the time as to tell you where you were.

This is good news for Breguet, whose history is closely tied to that of the City of Light, and of the marine chronometer. The timing could not be better, given that Paris is preparing to host the ...

While Mr Heywood was already familiar with the marine sector from the incredible yachts he has designed, the chronometer was a new challenge for him, and one that which he mastered; we are thrilled ...