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Longines Chronoscope
Longines Chronoscope is a TV program, sponsored by Longines watches, that ran on CBS Television from 1951-1955. The series aired Monday nights at 11 p.m. ET to 11:15 p.m., and expanded to Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 11 p.m. ET after the first season. More than 600 episodes were aired, but only 482 survive, and these surviving kinescopes were donated by Longines to the National Archives.
The series featured 15-minute episodes with interviews with notable people of the time, including Eleanor Roosevelt,
Chronometer
Chronometer or chronoscope may refer to:
- Chronometer of Loulie, a precursor to the metronome
- Clock
- Chronometer watch
- Observatory chronometer, a device certified by an observatory to be extremely accurate
- Marine chronometer, a timekeeper used for marine navigation
- Railroad chronometer, a specialized timepiece once used for safe operation of trains
- Chronoscope or time viewer, a fictional, oracle-like device occasionally employed in science fiction
- "Longines Chronoscope", an American television program (1951–1955