Watches with All Dials Now Available
December 5, 2010
After three years of disappointments, persistence has paid off. Green, yellow, and black dialed watches are all finally available. Photos of the actual watches are now available, although getting the green dial to photograph well is a bit of a challenge.
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Green and Yellow Dials Arrive
November 25, 2010
Striking green and yellow dials now complete the University of Oregon Homage Chronometer collection. These hand-made dials arrived from Switzerland this week, and complete watches are now being produced.
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Chronomundi Displays Watches at UO Bookstores
June 5, 2010
Chronomundi has reached an agreement with the University of Oregon Bookstore to display the University of Oregon Chronometer at Duck Stores in Eugene and Portland. Now you can handle one of the watches prior to ordering online. The watches will be displayed at the campus store, 895 East 13th Avenue in Eugene, and the White Stag store, 70 Nortwest Couch Street in Portland.
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Chronomundi Appears in Oregon Quarterly
April 30, 2010
Chronomundi was part of the Spring 2010 Oregon Quarterly. The full page ad was displayed on page 57 of the publication.
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Chronomundi Sponsors Oregon Club Event
February 6, 2010
The Oregon Club of Portland held their Signing Day Dinner on February 3, and Chronomundi was there as an event sponsor. Over 400 Oregon fans listened as the football coaching staff reviewed the 2010 recruiting class. Chronomundi donated a University of Oregon Homage Chronometer for the grand prize in "Quarterback Bingo," which raised almost $3,000 for the University.
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Chronomundi Begins Royalty Payments to UO
January 20, 2010
Now that sales of the University of Oregon Homage Chronometer have begun, the University is benefitting directly. Like all University of Oregon licensees, Chronomundi pays a percenatge of every sale to the University for the use of the school's trademarks. Every watch sold benefits the University of Oregon directly.
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Shipments Begin for Black Dial Watches!
December 21, 2009
The University of Oregon Homage Chronometers were expected to be delivered last summer. However, delays have been caused by German holidays (virtually all of August) and fine tuning of components. Cases, crowns, hands, crystals and straps are all produced. The black dials have been produced, but the green dials have been delayed because I'm really, really picky.
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What Exactly is a Chronometer?
November 14, 2009
A chronometer, according to Webster, is a "timepiece; especially : one designed to keep time with great accuracy." Many watchmakers, but certainly not all, submit their chronometers to a testing body such as the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) in Switzerland, Wempe in Glashütte, Germany, and Fleurier Quality Foundation in Fleurier, Switzerland. None of these entities produce, or even work on movements. The just test them against a standard, and issue a "pass or fail" on each individual movement.
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Does This Watch Have Guts?
October 13, 2009
The "guts" of any timepiece is the movement. The UO Homage Chronometer's movement is an ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse (ETA) 2824-2 automatic winding, twenty-five jewel movement. All University of Oregon Homage chronometers use the Chronometer-grade movement, ETA’s best of the line.
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