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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Tachymeter

Timepieces; Watches

("tack IM eh ter") A feature found on some chronograph watches, a tachymeter (also called a "tachometer") measures the speed at which the wearer has travelled over a measured distance.

Sub-dial

Timepieces; Watches

A small dial on a watch face used for any of several purposes, such as keeping track of elapsed minutes or hours on a chronograph or indicating the date.

Stopwatch

Timepieces; Watches

A watch with a seconds hand that measures intervals of time. When a stopwatch is incorporated into a standard watch, both the stopwatch function and the timepiece are referred to as a chronograph.

Stepping motor

Timepieces; Watches

The part of a quartz movement that moves the gear train, which in turn moves the watch's hands.

Rotating bezel

Timepieces; Watches

A bezel (the ring surrounding the watch face) that can be turned. Different types of rotating bezels perform different timekeeping and mathematical functions (see elapsed time rotating bezel," ...

A movement powered by a quartz crystal to. Quartz crystals are very accurate. They can be mass produced which makes them less expensive than most mechanical movements which require a higher degree ...