Zenith has re-engineered the mechanical watch movement by inventing a new single-piece oscillator that replaces the traditional hairspring/balance wheel assembly. It oscillates at a frequency ...

“This is the most accurate mechanical watch existing in the world,” claims Guy Semon, TAG Heuer general director who runs LVMH’s R&D Institute. Semon and his team have developed a completely different ...

Swiss watchmaker Zenith has created what many mechanical watch fanatics are calling the biggest improvement to mechanical watch accuracy since the invention of the balance spring in 1675. The Caliber ...

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of Zenith’s groundbreaking El Primero automatic chronograph caliber, a milestone the brand is celebrating with a trio of watches packaged in a special collector’s ...

In the year 1675, astronomer Christiann Huygens invented a mechanism for measuring time using a combination of springs and balances. The invention was called a balance spring, and it formed the basis ...

For all their advances, mechanical watches haven't changed fundamentally in over 340 years. Now Swiss watchmaker Zenith has broken new ground by creating an "oscillator" that replaces the conventional ...

Over at LVMH, there was cause for celebration as Zenith unveiled on September 14 what it called “the world’s most accurate mechanical watch”, thanks to a new type of oscillator. The humble oscillator, ...

Swiss watchmaker Zenith recently revealed its new Defy Lab, which it claims is “the world’s most accurate mechanical watch” according to a press release from parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis ...

Swiss watchmaker Zenith has created what many mechanical watch fanatics are calling the biggest improvement to mechanical watch accuracy since the invention of the balance spring in 1675. The Caliber ...

LE LOCLE, Switzerland (Reuters) - High-end watchmaker Zenith is replacing a part that has kept time in mechanical watches for almost 350 years, hoping its new, apparently more accurate mechanism will ...

Julien Tornare was the man that LVMH head of watchmaking, and interim CEO of Zenith, Jean-Claude Biver turned to when he was looking for a CEO to turn things around after some disappointing results.

Not much really changes in the watch industry. Oh, you’ll hear brand after brand laud the merits of their latest complication, perpetual calendars that predict the future or tourbillons that turn on ...