Watches

Watches

Of or relating to timepieces worn on the wrist or kept in a convenient place, such as a coat pocket.

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Depth metre

Timepieces; Watches

A device on a divers' watch that determines the wearer's depth by measuring water pressure. It shows the depth either by analogue hands and a scale on the watch face or through a digital display.

Depth sensor

Timepieces; Watches

A device on a divers' watch that determines the wearer's depth by measuring water pressure. It shows the depth either by analogue hands and a scale on the watch face or through a digital display.

Uni-directional rotating bezel

Timepieces; Watches

An elapsed time rotating bezel (see "elapsed time rotating bezel"), often found on divers' watches, that moves only in a counterclockwise direction. It is designed to prevent a diver who has ...

Unidirectional rotating bezel

Timepieces; Watches

An elapsed time rotating bezel (see "elapsed time rotating bezel"), often found on divers' watches, that moves only in a counterclockwise direction. It is designed to prevent a diver who has ...

Tourbillon

Timepieces; Watches

A device, invented by Breguet in 1801, in which the escapement is mounted in a small revolving cage as a means of overcoming the effects of gravity on the precision on a mechanical timepiece.

A graduated rotating bezel (see rotating bezel") used to keep track of elapsed time. The bezel can be turned so the wearer can align the zero on the bezel with the watch's seconds or minutes hand. ...