Gain guidance on watch terminology in our Glossary

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• A

  Alarm

  Aluminium

  Altimeter

  Amber

  Analogue/ Analog

  Aperture

  Applique

  Assembling

  ATM - Atmosphere

  Automatic

  
  

  
• B

  Balance-wheel

  Barrel

  Battery

  Bezel

  Bracelet

  Buckle

  Bridge

  
  

  
• C

  Calendar

  Caliber

  Carat

  Carbon Fibre

  Case

  Case back

  Chromium

  Chronograph

  Chronometer

  Complication

  Countdown timer

  Crown

  Clasp

  Crystal

  Crystal Stone

  
  

  
• D

  Depth alarm

  Depth sensory/ Depth Metre

  Dial

  Diamond

  Digital watch

  Direct Drive

  Diving wrist watch

  Duo Time

  
  

  
• E

  Electroplating

  Elapsed time rotating bezel

  Ellipse

  Emerald

  Escapement

  
  

  
• F

  Fly-back Hand

  
  

  
• G

  Garnet

  Gauss

  Gear train

  Glass (crystal)

  Gold

  Goldplated

  
  

  
• H

  Hand

  Hand-wound

  Hallmark

  Hexagon

  
  

  
• I

  Integrated Bracelet

  
  

  
• J

  Jade

  Jewels

  Jumping Hour

  
  

  
• K

  Keeper

  Kinetic

  
  

  
• L

  Lap timer

  Luminous

  Ligne

  
  

  
• M

  Main plate

  Mainspring

  Marine Chronometer

  Measurement conversion

  Mechanical Movement

  Mineral glass

  Minute repeater

  Moon phase

  Moon/ sun indicator

  Mother of pearl

  Movement

  
  

  
• N
• O

  Oval

  
  

  
• P

  Palladium

  Pare-chute

  Pearl

  Perpetual

  Platinum

  Power cell

  Power reserve indicator

  PVD

  
  

  
• Q

  Quartz

  
  

  
• R

  Repetition/ Repeater

  Rhinestones

  Rhodium

  Rhodolite

  Rotating Bezel

  Rose gold

  Rotor

  Ruby

  Ruthenium

  
  

  
• S

  Sapphire

  Sapphire Crystal

  Screw-lock Crown

  Second

  Skeleton

  Sliding Rule

  Solar-powered

  Spessartine

  Spring bar

  Stepping Motor

  Sterling Silver

  Stop watch

  Stainless Steel

  Strap

  Sub-dial

  Sun/ Moon indicator

  Swizz made

  
  

  
• T

  Tachometer

  Tantalum

  Telemeter

  Timer

  Titanium

  Time zone

  Tonneau

  Topaz

  Tourbillon

  
  

  
• U

  Uni-directional rotating bezel

  
  

  
• V

  Vibration

  
  

  
• W

  Water-resistant

  White gold

  Winding stem

  World time dial

  
  

  
• Y

  Yellow gold

  
  

  
• Z

  Zirconium