Just when you thought Omega had thought of everything, it goes and redefines the limits. By incorporating Master Chronometer precision into a simple two-hand watch, the Swiss watchmaker demonstrates that challenging industry standards doesn’t require adding extra features. In fact, less is more. Let’s take a step back, though. For those who haven’t heard, today Omega announced the Constellation Observatory—a new two-hand watch (just hours and minutes) that has earned Master Chronometer certification, the highest standard of precision testing.

Traditionally, testing a watch’s accuracy depends on tracking the seconds hand. But Omega completely changed that. Through its Laboratoire de Précision, the brand developed a new acoustic testing method. Instead of “watching” the seconds hand for accuracy, the process captures the sound of each tick while recording environmental parameters: temperature, position, and atmospheric pressure.