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Year in and year out the Top 3 Chronometers in terms of Market Share.
Rolex with over 50% of the market followed by Omega and Breitling. These
top 3 account for almost 90% of the entire market!


Some web based Definitions of Chronometer:

an accurate clock (especially used in navigation)
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Clock or watch often used on board ship which gives excellent timekeeping
www.clockman.co.uk/glossary/glossary.htm

A watch which has passed stringent tests at an official watch testing centre and carries a certificate.
www.rotarywatches.com/UK/21556.html

This depends on which country the watch came from. Regardless, of who made them, the watches are adjusted to keep exact time.
www.watchcollectors.org/glossary.html

A precision watch that is set in various temperatures and positions, thus meeting the accuracy standards set by an official watch institute in ...
www.findwatches.co.uk/terminology.php

Watch which has undergone a series of precision tests in an official institute. The requirements are very severe: a few seconds per day in the most unfavourable temperature conditions (for mechanical watches) and positions that are ordinarily encountered.
www.fhs.ch/en/glossary.php

Technically speaking, all watches are chronometers. But for a Swiss made watch to be called a chronometer, it must meet certain very high standards set by the Swiss Official Chronometer Control (COSC). ...
www.breitlingsource.com/watch_term_glossary.shtml

Technically means an instrument which measures time (a watch). Swiss watches described using this term usually mean the watch is COSC tested and approved for accuracy by the government approved, Controle Officiel Suisse de Chronometrage.
www.lussori.com/watch-glossary.html


A high precision watch that has passed a series of tests and obtained a running bulleting (eg, one with a deviation of no more than five seconds a day for mechanical movements) and a certificate by an independent Swiss control official, such as the COSC
www.tourbillonwatches.com/glossary.html

A watch that is a certified "Chronometer" has passed vigorous tests that demand the watch stands up to the high standard of precision the COSC demands (Swiss Official Chronometer Control). The mechanical movement must be close to perfection. ...
www.watchboutique.com/Page.bok

A timepiece that has met certain high standards of accuracy set by the Controle Officiel Suisse des Chronometeres in Switzerland.
www.montresallison.com/watchterms.htm

Swiss official movement, which meets specific time-keeping criteria, set by Swiss Official Chronometer Control. This shows that the watch has been rigorously tested under different types of conditions for precision.
www.lestewatches.com/glossary.htm

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