APPLIED INDICES

(Applique Indices) Raised metal numbers or batons attached to the dial via adhesion or pegs. ARDILLON The mobile, pointed part of a buckle which pierces the leather strap when the watch is fastened. ART DECO Design style of the 1920s and ’30s.

Most tonneau- (barrel-) shaped and rectangular watches were inspired by the art deco movement.

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A

A/h or ALTERATIONS (or ALTERNANCE) PER HOUR
AMPLITUDE
ANA-DIGI
ANALOG
ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT
ANGLAGE
ANNUAL CALENDAR
ANTIMAGNETIC
APPLIED INDICES
AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT

B

BALANCE
BREGUET OVERCOIL HAIRSPRING

C

CALENDER
CALIBER
CHAPTER RING
CHARGE INDICATOR
CHRONOGRAPH
CHRONOMETER
COLUMN WHEEL
COMPLICATION
COSC (OR C.O.S.C.)
CROWN
CRYSTAL

D

DIAL
DIGITAL
DISPLAY

E

EIGHT-DAY MOVEMENT
ELECTRONIC
EQUATION OF TIME
ESCAPEMENT

F

FINE ADJUSTMENT
FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH
FREQUENCY
FUNCTION

G

GENEVA SEAL
GENEVA WAVES
GMT
GRANDE COMPLICATION
GUILLOCHE

H

HACK, HACKING SECONDS
HAIRSPRING
HALLMARK
HAND-WOUND MOVEMENT
HOROLOGY

I

INCABLOC
INDEX

J

JEWELS

K

KARAT

L

LEVER ESCAPEMENT
LIGNE
LIMITED-EDITION WATCH

M

MAINSPRING
MANUAL-WIND MOVEMENT
MANUFACTURE
MECHANICAL WATCH
MICRO-ROTOR
MINUTE REPEATER
MOON-PHASE DISPLAY
MOTION WORK
MOVEMENT

O

OSCILLATION

P

PALLET
PERLAGE
PERPETUAL CALENDAR
PERPETUAL DAY/DATE
PLATE
POWER RESERVE
POWER-RESERVE INDICATOR

Q

QUARTZ WATCH

R

RADIO-CONTROLLED
RATTRAPANTE
REGULATION
REPEATER
RETROGRADE DISPLAY
ROTATING BEZEL
ROTOR

S

SCALE
SCREW-DOWN CROWN
SELF-COMPENSATING HAIRSPRING
SHOCK ABSORPTION
SKELETONIZED MOVEMENT
STOP-SECONDS FUNCTION
SUBSIDIARY DIAL
SWISS MADE

T

TANTALUM
TITANIUM
TACHYMETER
TOURBILLON
TRIPLE DATE
TRITIUM

V

VIBRATION or VPH

W

WATER-RESISTANT
WHEEL TRAIN
WORLD TIME WATCH
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