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A

Accutron

Agate

Age of the moon

Alarm

All-or-nothing piece

Alloy

Amagnetic

Amplitude

Analogue

Annual calendar (watch)

Anti-magnetic

Aperture

Applied chapter (Applique)

Arabic numerals

Arbor

Argand burner

Art Deco

Assemble

Assembly

Assortiment

Asterism

Asthmometer

Atm (atmosphere)

Atmos

Atomic (clock)

Atomic clock

Atomic second

Automatic (Self-winding)

Autonomy

 

Autoquartz

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

B

Back

Bagnolet (calibre)

Baguette

Balance

Balance cock (modern)

Balance cock (traditional)

Balance spring

Bar

Barrel

Barrel arbor

Bassiner

Battery

Bearing

Bell

Bench

Bent index

Beryl

Bezel

Bezel

Bezel or collet setting

Blanc roulant

Blank

Block

Blued steel

Bolt

Bort

Bottom plate

Bow

Bow lathe

Brace (Bridle)

Brass

Breguet overcoil

Bridge

Brilliant cut

Briolette

Bruting

Bulk setting

Burnish

Burnisher

C

Cabinet

Cabinotier

Cabochon

 

Cadrature
Calibrated

Calibre

Cam

Canary diamond

Cannon pinion

Carat

Carbonado

Case

Case middle

Case up

Case-fitter

Casing ring

Catch

Ceramic

Chablon

Chamfer (Bevel)

Champlevé(e)

Chimes

Chip

Chronocomparator

Chronofiable

Chronograph

Chronometer (general definition)

Chronostop

Chuck

CIBJO

Clarity

Cleavage

Clepsydra

Clock

Cloisonné

Cloud

Clous de Paris

Coaxial

Colour

Column wheel

Combo

Combustion clock

Common year

Compensation

Complication

Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres

Copper-plate

Coral

Corrector

Corundum

 

COSC (Contrôle officiel suisse des chronomètres)

Côtes de Genève

Count wheel (Locking plate)

Countdown timer

Counter

Crown (jewellery)

Crown (watchmaking)

Crystal

Crystal

Crystal habit

Crystal systems

Cubic zirconium

Culet

Cultured pearl

Cushion cut

Cut

Cuvette

Cycloid

D

Dart (Guard pin)

Date

Dauphine

Daylight Saving Time

Dead seconds

Decimal (Revolutionary) (Republican)

Decimal hour

Demantoid garnet

Detent

Dial

Dial foot

Diamond

Dichroism

Die

Diffusion treated

Digital

Direct-drive seconds (Trotteuse)

Disc

Disconnect

Display

Display lighting

Dividing head (Division plate)

Doubly refractive stone

Drift

Drum

Dual time zone

Dumortierite

Dynamograph

E

Ebauche

Electroluminescence

Electroplating

Emerald

Emerald cut

Enamel

Enamellist

Enamelwork

Endstone

Engage

Engine turn

Engine-turning (Guilloché)

Ephemeris

Equation of time

Escapement

Etablissage

Etablisseur

European cut , mine cut or cushion cut

Exterior

F

Fabrique

Facet

Faceting

Fancy cut

Fancy diamonds

Fastenings

Feather

Feuille

File

Fine stone

Finishing (Finissage)

Finisseur

Fire

Flange

Flinking (Flinqué)

Flirt (independent seconds)

Fluorescence

Fluting

Fly-back (Retour en vol)

Folding buckle

Foliot

Fork

 

Foudroyante (Jumping seconds or hand) (Flying seconds)

Fracture

Frame

Frequency

Fresh water cultured pearl

Full cut

Fusee

G

Gear train

Gears

Gemmology

Gemstone

GIA

Gild

Girdle

Glucidur (Glucydur)

Gnomon

Gold

Goldsmith

Gong

Goshenite

Governor

Grain

Grande complication

Grande sonnerie

Green diamond

Green garnet

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Gregorian calendar

H

Hammer

Hand

Hand-setting

Hardness

Hatch

Heart-shaped

Heliotrope

Hematite

Hertz (Hz)

Hessonite

Horn

Horn gap

Horology

Hour-wheel

Hunter

I

Imperial jade

Impulse

Impulse

Incabloc®

Inclusion

Independent seconds

Index (Regulator)

Index for flat balance springs

Indicator

Inertia block

Inertia block

Integrated circuit

Intermediate wheel

Invar

Inverted calibre

Invisible setting

Iolite

Iridescence

Irradiation

Isochronal (Isochronous)

Isochronism

J

Jade

Jasper

Jewel

Jeweller

Jewels

Jumping hour

K

Karat

Karrusel

Knot

Kunzite

L

Labradorite

Lapidary

Lapis lazuli

Lathe

Latitude

Leaf

Leap year

Leather

Legal time

Lépine calibre (movement)

Lépine watch (Open-face)

Lever

Lever

Light-Emitting Diode (LED)

Ligne

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

Longitude

Lug

Luminescent

LumiNova®

Lunar revolution

Lunation

Luster

M

Mainspring winder

Maker’s mark

Malachite

Maltese Cross

Manual

Manufacture

Marcasite

Marine chronometer

Marker

Marquise

Master

Mastership

Mechanism

Melee

Meridian

Mesh

Microcrystallin

Micron

Microsecond

Mixed cut

Module

Mohs scale

Moissanite

Moon phases

Moonstone

Morganite

Moss agate

Mother-of-pearl

Motion work

Movement

Mysterious (clock or watch)

Mystery setting

N

Nacre

Natural pearl

Nephrite

Nickel silver (German silver)

Niello

O

Observatory chronometer

Official rating certificate

Oignon (watch)

Oil sink

Oiling

Onyx

Opale

Opaque

Organic

Orient

Ornamental gems

Oscillating weight (Rotor)

Oscillation

Oscillator

Oval (55 facets)

P

Padparadsha sapphire

Paillon

Paillonné enamel

Painting on enamel

Pairing

Palladium

Pallet

Pantograph

Parts

Pavé

Pavilion

Pawl (Click)

Pear shape

Pearl

Pellaton (winding system)

Pendant

Pendulum

Peridot

Period

Perpetual calendar

Perpetual calendar (watch)

Perpétuelle

Petite sonnerie

Piezoelectric

Pillar

Pin

Pinion

Pivot

Planing machine

Plating

Platinum

Pleochroism

Poinçon de Genève

Point

Polish

Power reserve

Precious stone

Precision timer

Princess cut

Prong or claw setting

Pulsometer

Punaise

Push fit

Push-button

PVD

Q

Quartz

Quartz oscillator

R

Rack

Rack

Radiant cut

Railroad

Ratchet

Rate

Ream

Recess

Red diamond

Refraction

Refractive index

Refractometer

Regulating organ (regulator)

Regulating parts

Regulator

Repair

Repairer

Repassage

Repeater

Repoussé

Resonance

Retour en vol

Retrograde

Revolutionary

Revolutionary calendar

Rhodium plating

Rhodochrosite

Rim

Roch cristal

Rock setting

Roman numerals

Rose cut

Rotor

Rough

Ruby

Rutilated quartz

S

Safety roller

Sapphire

Scale

Scratchproof

Screw

Second

Secret spring

Secular leap year

Self-winding (Automatic)

Set (to)

Setting

Ship’s chronometer

Shock absorber

Shockproof

Sidereal day

Silent

Simple calendar (watch)

Skeleton

Skeleton movement

Slide

Smoky quartz

Snailing

Snap

Snow setting

Solidalite

Souscription (watch)

Specific gravity

Spectroscope

Spinel

Split-seconds (chronograph)

Split-seconds chronograph

Spring

Stamping

Stamping press

Steel

Step motor

Stippling (Spotting)

Stone

Stopwork

Strap

Striking mechanism

Stud

Subsidiary seconds

Sunray brushing

Sweep seconds

Swiss T 25 (T Swiss made T)

Sympathique

Synthetic ruby (Scientific ruby)

Synthetic stone

T

Table

Tachymeter

Tahitian cultured pearl

Tanzanite

Tapestry pattern

Telemeter

Temper

Terminage

Terminal coil

Termineur

Test

The roman numeral IIII on dials

Thermal compensator

Thread

Thread tap

Tiger’s eye

Time zone

Timepiece

Timer

Timing

Tooth

Tourbillon

Tourmaline

Train

Transfer

Translucent

Transparent

Trillion cut

Tritium

Trotteuse

Trueing calipers

Tsavorite

Tuning-fork

Turning arbor

Turquoise

Tweezers

U

Ultra-complicated watch

Under-dial work

Universal (watch)

Universal hour

Universal Time (UT)

V

Vagues de Genève

Vane

Vermeil

Vibration

W

Watch

Watchmaker’s cabinet

Water

Water clock

Waterproof

Water-resistance

Wheel

Wheel-cutting engine

Wind

Winding mechanism

World time

X

Y

Year

Z

Zinc

Zodiac