Watches

Watches

Of or relating to timepieces worn on the wrist or kept in a convenient place, such as a coat pocket.

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cosmograph

Timepieces; Watches

The cosmograph differs to the chronograph in that the tachymeter is on the bezel rather than on the outer rim of the dial. This was invented by Rolex to create a more modern look to the watch.

One or more features added to a watch in addition to its usual time-telling functions, which normally not only include the hours, minutes and seconds but also date and often the day of the week as ...

chronometer

Timepieces; Watches

Technically speaking, all watches are chronometers. But for a Swiss made watch to be called a chronometer, it must meet certain very high standards set by the Swiss Official Chronometer Control ...

chronograph

Timepieces; Watches

A watch that includes a built in stopwatch function - i.e., a timer that can be started and stopped to time an event. There are many variations on the chronograph. Some operate with a center seconds ...

chapter ring

Timepieces; Watches

The ring on the watch dial bearing figures and minute marks. The hour figures are sometimes called chapters.

centre seconds

Timepieces; Watches

Seconds indicated by a hand at the centre of the dial, along with the hour and minute hands.

cases

Timepieces; Watches

The case of a watch must not only protect the mechanism and hold all the parts together but it must also look good -sometimes to the extent of making a timepiece into a piece of jewellery. A watch ...