28 Oct 2010

Watch Terminology (3)

Watches Review Center Report: Electronic watch (Montre électronique / Elektronische uhren)
Mechanical escapement speed electronic watch institutions were replaced by electronic devices, watches

Elinvar (Élinvar / Elinvar)
Terms alloy steel of a very small expansion coefficient of nickel alloy, used mainly for balance spring

Enamelling (Émaillage / Emaillierung)
Enamel process used in the case painting or surface decoration process, etc.

Endstone (Contre-pivot/Deckstein)
Fixed to the splint on the stone care to play the role of reducing the friction shaft tenon

Engine-turn (Guillocher / Guillochieren)
Carving lines on the dial there are usually a variety of lines and lines



Engraving (Gravure / Gravur)
Carving, etc. used in the case or hand movement skills

Escape wheel (Roue de échappement / Hemmungsrad)
Escape wheel in the drive gear and escapement escapement between the fork parts

Escapement (Échappement / Hemmung)
Escapement in the transmission mechanism between institutions and the speed of mechanical components



Extra-flat (Extra-flat / Extraflach)
Ultra-thin case and movement is used to indicate the thickness of thin



Factory (Fabrique / Fabrik)
Factory capable of producing movement or refers to various component parts of the watch factory

Finishing (Finissage / Fertigbearbeitung)
Assembly and other parts of the assembly movement, or post-process case



Flange (Bâte / Auflagerand)
Clamp used to secure precious metal rings the eye axis



Flat balance-spring (Spiral plat / Flache spiralfeder)
Gossamer gossamer a planar way around

Flute (Cannelure / Rille)
Groove around the crown or the case in the watch with the concave and convex side of the lines

Fly-back (Retour-en-vol/Einholzeiger)
Returned in time in the chronograph second hand can be quickly re-start function of time

Fork (Fourchette / Gabel)
Fork escapement escapement fork is part of body

Free-sprung (Spiral Libre / Freie spiralfeder)
Free shells folder put gossamer gossamer parts removed, to avoid interference with gossamer a design by the friction

Fusee (Fusée / Schnecke)
Tapered round will be a load as evenly as possible to transfer power to the drive mechanism of the power plant

Gasket (Joint / Dichtung)
Waterproof gasket for waterproof rubber or plastic material

Gear-train (Rouage / Räderwerk)
Round out power transmission gear body

Gild (Dorer / Vergolden)
Gold through a specific method to add gold in the metal plating process

Glucydur (Glucydur / Glucydur)
Terms used primarily for the manufacture of alloy wheel of the beryllium copper alloy

Gold (Or / Gold)
Gold density, low hardness of the metal, used for manufacture of the case and strap

Gong (Timbre / Schlagclocke)
Article spring spring institutions play audible device is struck

Grand Strike (Grande Sonnerie / Grosses Schlagwerk)
A full set of features from the Ming and quarter of an hour when the clocks timekeeping function automatically ring

Guard-pin (Dard / Sicherheitsstift)
Scalp escapement fork in the fork of a part (h)

Guilloché (Guillochis / Guillochis)
Machine carving machine carving patterns with special technology

Half-quarter repeater (Sonnerie à demi-quarts/Halbviertelstunden-Schlagwerk)
Banke asked to report hours, at quarter of an hour, playing the spring function reported Banke

Hand (Aiguille / Zeiger)
Pointer is used to indicate time of needles

Heart-piece (Coeur / Herz)
Heart-shaped chronograph wheel to achieve zero function pointer device (a)



Helical balance-spring (Le spiral cylindrique / zylindrische spiralfeder)
Gossamer cylinder

Horn (Corne / Horn)
Case and strap lugs connection



Hour (Heure / Stunde)
Hour one of the units of measurement

Hour-wheel (Canon / Stundenrad)
When the clock running gear wheel drive

Hunter (Savonnette / Sprungdeckel)
Hunting the surface of the watch in order to avoid the broken glass on the surface coverage in the case of the watch types

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