COSC Report 2011

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Hmm. Imagine how much money you could make certifying to ISO if your observatory was in, say, Greenwich or Rugby.

A certificate from a Swiss, German or French lab doesn't do much for me, but I would take notice of one stamped "London" :-)

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Dancematt wrote:and the others being that Bremont only had 1000 watches certified, thought it would be higher.
Bremont doesn't surprise me, they have a stockpile of movements with a COSC certificate to last them a few years I reckon. Given that they won't be allowed to certify movements that aren't in 'Swiss made' watches and their direction of travel of having a manufacture movement it makes sense. Bear in mind that IWC don't certify at all, and it's a pointless certification anyway as you don't certify the movement in its watch.
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Cirrus wrote:Hmm. Imagine how much money you could make certifying to ISO if your observatory was in, say, Greenwich or Rugby.

A certificate from a Swiss, German or French lab doesn't do much for me, but I would take notice of one stamped "London" :-)

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asqwerth wrote:Since I wear a watch no more than 2 to 3 days in a row (if at all!) before I rotate and move to another watch, the mechanical watches I have are accurate enough for me.
Same here. COSC for me would be an added cost rather than a necessity
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Hmm... my C5 just misses out ;)

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Tag Heuer have lost the plot.
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jrpippen wrote:Tag Heuer have lost the plot.
Wow TAG is a surprise to me.
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well that's a great place for a young company like c.ward to be congratulations to them .im very surprised at where tag and oris are on that table very surprised indeed!
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It will be interesting to compare the 2012 report when it is released. :)
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Kip wrote:It will be interesting to compare the 2012 report when it is released. :)
Any ideia when that might be?

And am i the only one that think that Tag's number might be off? Only 559 COSC watches in a year? Also no IWC or JLC on the list, i realy thought that they were certified...

Anyone got a source for this report?
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Sifion wrote:
Kip wrote:It will be interesting to compare the 2012 report when it is released. :)
Any ideia when that might be?

And am i the only one that think that Tag's number might be off? Only 559 COSC watches in a year? Also no IWC or JLC on the list, i realy thought that they were certified...

Anyone got a source for this report?
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I'm really surprised to see that Patek Philippe are not on that list!
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AndrewEllinas wrote:I'm really surprised to see that Patek Philippe are not on that list!
PP don't certify also (this one i knew). They have their own "seal" of accuracy....
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JLC has their own more demanding test, running for a total of 1000 hours. They test the whole watch, not just an uncased movement.
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