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A |
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Accutron
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Agate |
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Age of the moon
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Alarm |
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All-or-nothing piece
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Alloy |
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Amagnetic |
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Amplitude
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Analogue |
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Annual calendar (watch)
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Anti-magnetic
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Aperture |
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Applied chapter (Applique)
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Arabic numerals
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Arbor |
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Argand burner
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Art Deco |
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Assemble |
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Assembly |
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Assortiment |
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Asterism |
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Asthmometer |
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Atm (atmosphere)
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Atmos |
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Atomic (clock)
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Atomic clock |
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Atomic second
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Automatic (Self-winding)
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Autonomy |
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Autoquartz
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B |
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Back |
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Bagnolet (calibre)
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Baguette |
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Balance |
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Balance cock (modern)
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Balance cock (traditional)
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Balance spring
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Bar |
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Barrel |
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Barrel arbor |
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Bassiner |
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Battery |
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Bearing |
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Bell
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Bench
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Bent index
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Beryl
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Bezel
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Bezel
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Bezel or collet setting
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Blanc roulant
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Blank |
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Block |
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Blued steel |
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Bolt |
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Bort |
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Bottom plate |
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Bow |
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Bow lathe |
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Brace (Bridle)
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Brass |
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Breguet overcoil
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Bridge |
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Brilliant cut
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Briolette |
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Bruting |
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Bulk setting |
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Burnish |
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Burnisher |
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C |
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Cabinet |
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Cabinotier |
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Cabochon |
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Cadrature
Calibrated |
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Calibre |
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Cam |
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Canary diamond
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Cannon pinion
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Carat |
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Carbonado |
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Case |
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Case middle |
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Case up |
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Case-fitter |
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Casing ring |
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Catch |
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Ceramic |
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Chablon |
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Chamfer (Bevel)
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Champlevé(e) |
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Chimes |
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Chip |
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Chronocomparator
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Chronofiable |
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Chronograph |
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Chronometer (general definition)
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Chronostop |
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Chuck |
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CIBJO |
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Clarity |
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Cleavage |
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Clepsydra |
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Clock |
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Cloisonné |
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Cloud |
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Clous de Paris
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Coaxial |
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Colour |
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Column wheel |
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Combo |
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Combustion clock
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Common year |
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Compensation |
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Complication |
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Contrôle Officiel Suisse des
Chronomètres |
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Copper-plate |
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Coral |
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Corrector |
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Corundum |
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COSC (Contrôle officiel suisse des
chronomètres) |
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Côtes de Genève
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Count wheel (Locking plate)
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Countdown timer
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Counter |
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Crown (jewellery)
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Crown (watchmaking)
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Crystal |
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Crystal |
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Crystal habit
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Crystal systems
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Cubic zirconium
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Culet |
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Cultured pearl
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Cushion cut |
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Cut |
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Cuvette |
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Cycloid |
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D |
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Dart (Guard pin)
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Date |
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Dauphine |
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Daylight Saving Time
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Dead seconds |
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Decimal (Revolutionary) (Republican)
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Decimal hour |
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Demantoid garnet
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Detent |
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Dial |
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Dial foot |
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Diamond |
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Dichroism |
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Die |
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Diffusion treated
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Digital |
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Direct-drive seconds (Trotteuse)
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Disc |
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Disconnect |
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Display |
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Display lighting
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Dividing head (Division plate)
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Doubly refractive stone
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Drift |
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Drum |
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Dual time zone
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Dumortierite |
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Dynamograph |
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E |
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Ebauche |
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Electroluminescence
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Electroplating
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Emerald |
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Emerald cut |
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Enamel |
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Enamellist |
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Enamelwork |
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Endstone |
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Engage |
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Engine turn |
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Engine-turning (Guilloché)
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Ephemeris |
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Equation of time
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Escapement |
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Etablissage |
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Etablisseur |
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European cut , mine cut or cushion
cut |
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Exterior |
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F |
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Fabrique |
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Facet |
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Faceting |
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Fancy cut |
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Fancy diamonds
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Fastenings |
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Feather |
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Feuille |
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File |
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Fine stone |
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Finishing (Finissage)
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Finisseur |
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Fire |
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Flange |
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Flinking (Flinqué)
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Flirt (independent seconds)
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Fluorescence |
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Fluting |
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Fly-back (Retour en vol)
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Folding buckle
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Foliot |
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Fork |
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Foudroyante (Jumping seconds or
hand) (Flying seconds) |
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Fracture |
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Frame |
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Frequency |
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Fresh water cultured pearl
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Full cut |
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Fusee |
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G |
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Gear train |
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Gears |
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Gemmology |
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Gemstone |
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GIA |
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Gild |
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Girdle |
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Glucidur (Glucydur)
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Gnomon |
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Gold |
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Goldsmith |
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Gong |
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Goshenite |
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Governor |
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Grain |
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Grande complication
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Grande sonnerie
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Green diamond
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Green garnet |
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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
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Gregorian calendar
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H |
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Hammer |
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Hand |
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Hand-setting |
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Hardness |
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Hatch |
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Heart-shaped |
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Heliotrope |
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Hematite |
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Hertz (Hz) |
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Hessonite |
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Horn |
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Horn gap |
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Horology |
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Hour-wheel |
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Hunter |
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I |
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Imperial jade
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Impulse |
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Impulse |
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Incabloc® |
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Inclusion |
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Independent seconds
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Index (Regulator)
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Index for flat balance springs
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Indicator |
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Inertia block
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Inertia block
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Integrated circuit
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Intermediate wheel
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Invar |
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Inverted calibre
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Invisible setting
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Iolite |
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Iridescence |
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Irradiation |
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Isochronal (Isochronous)
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Isochronism
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J |
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Jade
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Jasper
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Jewel
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Jeweller
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Jewels
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Jumping hour
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K |
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Karat
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Karrusel
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Knot |
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Kunzite |
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L |
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Labradorite |
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Lapidary |
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Lapis lazuli |
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Lathe |
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Latitude |
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Leaf |
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Leap year |
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Leather |
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Legal time |
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Lépine calibre (movement)
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Lépine watch (Open-face)
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Lever |
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Lever |
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Light-Emitting Diode (LED)
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Ligne |
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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
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Longitude |
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Lug |
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Luminescent |
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LumiNova® |
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Lunar revolution
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Lunation |
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Luster |
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M |
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Mainspring winder
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Maker’s mark |
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Malachite |
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Maltese Cross
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Manual |
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Manufacture |
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Marcasite |
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Marine chronometer
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Marker |
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Marquise |
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Master |
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Mastership |
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Mechanism |
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Melee |
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Meridian |
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Mesh |
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Microcrystallin
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Micron |
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Microsecond |
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Mixed cut |
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Module |
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Mohs scale |
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Moissanite |
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Moon phases |
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Moonstone |
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Morganite |
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Moss agate |
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Mother-of-pearl
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Motion work |
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Movement |
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Mysterious (clock or watch)
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Mystery setting
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N |
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Nacre |
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Natural pearl
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Nephrite
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Nickel silver (German
silver)
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Niello
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O |
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Observatory chronometer
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Official rating certificate
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Oignon (watch)
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Oil sink |
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Oiling |
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Onyx |
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Opale |
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Opaque |
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Organic |
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Orient |
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Ornamental gems
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Oscillating weight (Rotor)
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Oscillation |
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Oscillator |
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Oval (55 facets)
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P |
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Padparadsha sapphire
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Paillon |
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Paillonné enamel
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Painting on enamel
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Pairing |
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Palladium |
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Pallet |
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Pantograph |
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Parts |
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Pavé |
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Pavilion |
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Pawl (Click) |
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Pear shape |
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Pearl |
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Pellaton (winding system)
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Pendant |
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Pendulum |
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Peridot |
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Period |
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Perpetual calendar
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Perpetual calendar (watch)
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Perpétuelle |
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Petite sonnerie
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Piezoelectric
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Pillar |
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Pin |
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Pinion |
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Pivot |
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Planing machine
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Plating |
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Platinum |
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Pleochroism |
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Poinçon de Genève
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Point |
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Polish |
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Power reserve
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Precious stone
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Precision timer
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Princess cut |
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Prong or claw setting
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Pulsometer |
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Punaise |
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Push fit |
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Push-button |
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PVD |
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Q |
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Quartz |
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Quartz oscillator
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R |
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Rack |
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Rack |
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Radiant cut |
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Railroad |
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Ratchet |
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Rate |
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Ream |
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Recess |
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Red diamond |
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Refraction |
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Refractive index
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Refractometer
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Regulating organ (regulator)
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Regulating parts
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Regulator |
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Repair |
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Repairer |
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Repassage |
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Repeater |
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Repoussé |
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Resonance |
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Retour en vol
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Retrograde |
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Revolutionary
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Revolutionary calendar
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Rhodium plating
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Rhodochrosite
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Rim |
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Roch cristal |
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Rock setting |
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Roman numerals
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Rose cut |
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Rotor |
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Rough |
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Ruby |
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Rutilated quartz
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S |
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Safety roller
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Sapphire |
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Scale |
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Scratchproof |
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Screw |
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Second |
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Secret spring
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Secular leap year
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Self-winding (Automatic)
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Set (to) |
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Setting |
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Ship’s chronometer
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Shock absorber
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Shockproof |
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Sidereal day |
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Silent |
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Simple calendar (watch)
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Skeleton |
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Skeleton movement
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Slide |
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Smoky quartz |
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Snailing |
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Snap |
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Snow setting |
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Solidalite |
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Souscription (watch)
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Specific gravity
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Spectroscope |
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Spinel |
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Split-seconds (chronograph)
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Split-seconds chronograph
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Spring |
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Stamping |
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Stamping press
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Steel |
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Step motor |
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Stippling (Spotting)
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Stone |
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Stopwork |
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Strap |
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Striking mechanism
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Stud |
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Subsidiary seconds
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Sunray brushing
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Sweep seconds
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Swiss T 25 (T Swiss made T)
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Sympathique |
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Synthetic ruby (Scientific ruby)
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Synthetic stone
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T |
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Table |
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Tachymeter |
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Tahitian cultured pearl
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Tanzanite |
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Tapestry pattern
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Telemeter |
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Temper |
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Terminage |
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Terminal coil
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Termineur |
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Test |
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The roman numeral IIII on dials
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Thermal compensator
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Thread |
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Thread tap |
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Tiger’s eye |
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Time zone |
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Timepiece |
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Timer |
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Timing |
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Tooth |
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Tourbillon |
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Tourmaline |
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Train |
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Transfer |
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Translucent |
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Transparent |
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Trillion cut |
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Tritium |
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Trotteuse |
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Trueing calipers
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Tsavorite |
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Tuning-fork |
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Turning arbor
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Turquoise |
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Tweezers |
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U |
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Ultra-complicated watch
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Under-dial work
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Universal (watch)
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Universal hour
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Universal Time (UT)
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V |
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Vagues de Genève
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Vane
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Vermeil
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Vibration |
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W |
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Watch |
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Watchmaker’s cabinet
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Water |
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Water clock |
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Waterproof |
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Water-resistance
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Wheel |
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Wheel-cutting engine
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Wind |
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Winding mechanism
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World time |
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X |
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Y |
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Year |
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Z |
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Zinc |
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Zodiac |
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