27 Oct 2010

Watch Terminology (2)

Watches Review Center Report: Calibre (Calibre / Kaliber)

No. movement parameters used to represent the movement model

Cannon-pinion (Chaussée / Minutenrohr)
Minute travel time sub-wheel drive gear

Case (Boîte / Gehäuse)
Case for the protection of the movement, played against dust, moisture, and the role of the appearance of the pieces of anti-collision

Centre-wheel (Roue de grandemoyenne / Minutenrad)
Center gear wheel in the center board

Ceramic (Céramique / Keramik)
Ceramics zirconia powder as raw material, after sintering formed. Advantage of anti-wear, will not cause skin allergic reactions, case and strap used for manufacturing

Champlevé (Champlevé / Grubengeschmolzen)
Enamel sculpture carved in metal and filled with enamel surface craft materials

Check-spring (Pout sautoir / Stellhebelfeder)
Compression spring pull pressure retaining parts cover

Chronograph (Chronographe / Chronograph)
Chronograph in addition to travel time, you can also record something of the individual time spent recording surface directions at different times of the small needle plate

Chronometer (Chronomètre / Chronometer)
Chronometer testing organizations through specific ways according to different test qualified, in terms of travel time with high precision, and on the surface there is a corresponding identity. It was mainly detected in the observatory body, it is also known as "the Observatory clock", and now is the result of the official Swiss chronometer inspection body (COSC-Controle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres) test pass certificates

Click (Cliquet / Sperrkegel)
Pawl fixed or driven gear in a single direction of rotation of the parts within

Clock (Horloge / Grossuhr)
Clock indicate the time of the instrument

Cloisonné (Cloisonné / Fachwerk)
Enamel filigree contours and composition of the wire enamel fill process material

Clutch-wheel (Pignon coulant / Schiebetrieb)
The role of the clutch wheel with the clutch gear

Coaxial escapement (Échappement à coaxial / Koaxialhemmung)
Coaxial escapement

Compensation balance (Balancier compensateur / Kompensations-unruh)
Compensation balance with the balance to adapt to temperature changes

Crown (Couronne / Krone)
Section with the crown and the dial needles on the role of the knob

Crown-wheel (Pignon de remontoir / Aufzugstrieb)
Wheel and a small drum set occlusal vertical gear

Crystal (Glace / Glas)
Watch glass used to protect the clear dial

Cylinder escapement (Échappement à cylindre / Zylinderhemmung)
The word wheel escapement


Date (Quanti me / Datum)
Calendar date display on the dial

Detent escapement (Échappementdétente / Chronometerhemmung)
Observatory escapement

Dial (Cadran / Zifferblatt)
Time-scale dial face plate

Double roller (Double-plateau/Zweiteilige rolle)
Double disc installed in the governor body on the balance wheel parts

Duplex escapement (Échappementà duplex / Duplexhemmung)
Duplex escapement


Driving (Chassage / Einpressen)
Riveting the watch drill press into the process of its location

Dustproof (Antipoussière / Staubgesch tzt)
Dust and prevent dust from entering the performance of case

Article Source: http://www.watchreviewcenter.com

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