4 Nov 2010

Watch Terminology (8)

Latest Watches News Report: Verge escapement (Échappement à verge / Spindelhemmung)
Escapement shaft
14th century emerged in Europe in the early escapement, also known as coronary wheel escapement (crown-wheel escapement), is a major part of the crown shape of the West "coronal wheel" as the escape wheel, and its convex teeth and " Shaft, "the two" escapement film "phase bite. Such institutions were used in a large mechanical clock inside, and act as "governor" is at both ends with heavy weights, "pendulum", which is located in "Shaft," the top



Vibration (Alternance / Halbschwingung)
Beat
Body clock speed of the swing in the number of unit time

Virgule escapement (Échappement à virgule / Kommahemmung)
Sickle hook escapement
Born in the 18th century, its main feature is the teeth on each of the escapement wheel surface with a vertical cylinder in the other hollow tube in the swing axle appears similar to the hook of the hook sickle



Watch (Montre / Kleinuhr)
watch
Used to measure time and porwatch timer, generally composed of three parts: the movement to protect the movement of the case, dial and pointer indicate the time

Waterproof (Imperméable à l, eau / Wasserdicht)
Waterproof
In the case bottom is usually marked with the word to indicate a certain degree of water resistance

Water Resistance (Résistance à l, eau / Wasserbeständigkeit)
Waterproof device
Refers case, crown, watch mirror, waterproof and dust-proof and so the performance, and can specify the depth of the water to keep certain parts of waterproof



Weight (Poids / Gewicht)
Hammer
Rely on gravity driven clocks mechanical operation of the driving device

Wheel (Roue / Rad)
Round film                          
Watch the movement of bodies around the axis of rotation of the circle, and its function is to transmit power or joint operation



Winding-mechanism (Remontoir / Aufzug)
Article agencies on
Can play the role of a wound the general term for a device



Winding-stem (Tige de remontoir / Aufzugwelle)
Article shafts on
Through this extends from the movement of the device, you can watch a wound in order to maintain the driving force required to go



Wristlet (Bracelet / Armband)
Watchband
Connected with the case of decoration can be tied around the wrist fastener, can be gold, silver, steel, leather and other materials



Wristwatch (Montre-bracelet/Armbanduhr)
Watch
Use case worn on the wrist strap to the watch on the species



Zodiac (Zodiaque / Tierkreis)
Zodiac
On each side of the ecliptic on the celestial sphere 8. (Total width of 16.) A band, day, month, and the major planets are in the path of the zodiac, the ancients in order to express the position of the sun in the ecliptic, the ecliptic is divided into twelve segments, called "signs of the zodiac "for the astronomical clock is a representation on
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