Tissot watches series Locke won the 2011 International Official Astronomical Observatory certified watch competition champion

The contest held every two years is of great significance to the contemporary mechanical timing field and is a professional arena of precision watchmaking technology. In this competition, all participating brands have come up with their own most accurate watch products, to accept the International Organization of Astronomical Observatories the most stringent accuracy of testing, out of line with the Observatory certified watch when the accuracy standards (travel time accuracy - 4 to +6 seconds / day) of the participating brands, by the jury from the time accuracy, production technology and other points of view, the final selection of the champion. Tissot Li Luoke series to 764 points high score, second leading 276 points, won the title! In his speech, François Thiébaud, Tissot's president, said: "It is our great honor to receive this award, and we are dedicated to contributing to the quality and technology of Tissot. All, it is their efforts, the achievements of the Swiss unique Tissot brand. " The competition is organized by COSC, a Swiss official observatory certification body located in Bern, Switzerland, on the principles of science, technology and culture. All the participating watches were tested at the COSC and the Officials of Besançon's Observatory in France Certification laboratory. The test is divided into three phases, each of which takes 15 days. In addition, these watches are subject to high-intensity magnetic field tests, tem- perature ramp tests and seismic tests at various angles of elevation at the Haute Ecole Arc. Finally, the jury announced the winners of the three categories of the competition, namely the college group, the classic group and the tourbillon group. Tissot's Le Locle watch eventually won the classic group champion. Classic group of participating brands are using the standard escapement, different from the use of the tourbillon movement. Named after the birthplace of Tissot and now the location of the world headquarters in Lithuania, the town of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, the watch perfectly illustrates Tissot's brand concept of "innovation originating from tradition." It deservedly become the representative of Tissot classic watch. This competition, the championship team vacancies, because there is no watch to meet the accuracy requirements of the Observatory certification form, the accuracy of the harsh requirements can be seen. Tissot as early as 1885 began to participate in this timing competition, and in that year to a fine pocket watch won the championship. These competitions are also continuously promoting the development of Tissot brand and pushing the product quality to a higher level. It is this combination of innovation and tradition that makes the Tissot brand more competitive in the market. Tissot International Timing Competition winning list section of the Locke series This year's award-winning watch is also designed for all of Locke, without them, there is no honor for us today. It is precisely because of their support, Tissot was able to continue in the 160 years to explore new areas, looking for more opportunities, open up a broad vision for people to create the perfect time travel. This unique experience of Tissot achievements of today's scale, it is also this unique experience so that Tissot continue to enhance their competitiveness, at today's remarkable moment for everyone to offer such a perfect work. Today, Tissot will continue to adhere to the concept of the times and the spirit of innovation in the way of watchmaking, bearing in mind the extremely precious yesterday, enriching extremely short of today, open up an extremely beautiful tomorrow!