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chronometer [krəˈnɒmıtə] N

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All chronometers and watches should be checked regularly with a radio time signal.
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Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers, and atomic clocks are all examples of instruments used to measure time.
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Two other methods of reducing sights are the longitude by chronometer and the ex-meridian method.
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By 1904 time signals were being sent to ships to allow navigators to check their chronometers.
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An observatory was built here for astronomical and meteorological observations and to provide accurate time for ships' chronometers in 1843.
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Many movements from the 1950s and 1960s have 12 or 13 lined movements, the qualit exceptionelle in chronometer standards.
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From 1825, this became standard and ships were issued a second chronometer if the captain personally provided a third.
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Accordingly, such chronometer certification ceased in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the advent of the quartz watch movement.
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No one was allowed in the chronometer cabin except when it was necessary to read or maintain them.
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Similarly, it is not possible to determine longitude unless the observer also knows the standard time from a chronometer.
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