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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Cylinder escapement

Timepieces; Watches

Mechanism that transmits power to the balance, in order to make it oscillate. The teeth of the escape-wheel mesh direct¬ly with the balance staff, which is in the form of a hollow cylinder. The ...

The dial displays a range of information; principally hours, minutes and seconds. The information is indicated by numbers, divisions or markers of different designs. Dials vary in shape, decoration ...

Crystal seal

Timepieces; Watches

Synthetic material that ensures water-resistance around the crystal.

Case

Timepieces; Watches

The case is comprised of the bezel, the middle and the back. It protects the watch movement. Its most common shape is round but it can also be oval, barrel-shaped, square, rectangular or some other ...

Chronograph

Timepieces; Watches

A watch with hands showing the hours, minutes and seconds, but which also features a mechanism for measuring continuous or interrupted units of time, from a fraction of a second to twelve hours. This ...

Chronosplit Manhattan GMT

Timepieces; Watches

Launched in 1977, the Chronosplit Manhattan GMT was the world's first quartz wrist chronograph with both an analogue and a digital display, accurate to 1/100th second.

Chronometer

Timepieces; Watches

A watch with a movement that has demonstrated outstanding accuracy by passing the tests of the COSC (the official Swiss Chronometer Control Office). Each movement is individually checked in five ...