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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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Crystal
Timepieces; Watches
The transparent cover on a watch face made of glass crystal, synthetic sapphire or plastic. Better watches often have a sapphire crystal which is highly resistant to scratching or shattering.
Chapter ring
Timepieces; Watches
The ring on the watch dial bearing figures and minute marks. The hour figures are sometimes called chapters.
Centre seconds
Timepieces; Watches
Seconds indicated by a hand at the centre of the dial, along with the hour and minute hands.
Cases
Timepieces; Watches
The case of a watch must not only protect the mechanism and hold all the parts together but it must also look good -sometimes to the extent of making a timepiece into a piece of jewellery. A watch ...
Case materials
Timepieces; Watches
Materials range from inexpensive cast metal through moulded plastic to solid chunks of steel or gold from which the case is machined. In Great Britain, gold cases are usually 18k, but less expensive ...
Cosmograph
Timepieces; Watches
The cosmograph differs to the chronograph in that the tachymeter is on the bezel rather than on the outer rim of the dial. This was invented by Rolex to create a more modern look to the watch.
Complications
Timepieces; Watches
One or more features added to a watch in addition to its usual time-telling functions, which normally not only include the hours, minutes and seconds but also date and often the day of the week as ...
