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Timepieces
Any item that is either worn or displayed to tell the time.
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Cortina
Timepieces; Watches
Launched in 1977, the Cortina chronographs took their name from the famous ski resort in Northern Italy that hosted the Winter Olympics of 1956. The series marked TAG Heuer's ...
complete calendar
Timepieces; Watches
In addition to the date, a complete calendar shows the month, the day and sometimes the phase of the moon. The date has to be manually adjusted in months that are shorter than 31 ...
complication
Timepieces; Watches
A watch function, apart from the simple indication of time, that involves a supplementary mechanism. Examples of complications include: automatic windin, chronograph, phases of ...
Chronosplit
Timepieces; Watches
Launched in 1975, the Chronosplit was the world's first quartz wrist chronograph. It had an LCD/LED display accurate to 1/10th second.
case
Timepieces; Watches
The case is comprised of the bezel, the middle and the back. It protects the watch movement. Its most common shape is round but it can also be oval, barrel-shaped, square, ...
chronograph
Timepieces; Watches
A watch with hands showing the hours, minutes and seconds, but which also features a mechanism for measuring continuous or interrupted units of time, from a fraction of a second ...
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- Alarm clocks (574)
- Clocks (207)
- Watches (1616)