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Watch Knowledge
Basic Terms from the World of Watches
- Wristwatch - Pocket watch
- Movement - Manufacture
- Automatic watch - Quartz watch
- Chronometer - Chronometer certification
- Geneva Seal - Glashütte Observatory - Qualité Fleurier
- Chronograph - Double chronograph - Flyback
- Tourbillon - Flying tourbillon - Gyrotourbillon
- Repetition
- Perpetual calendar - Moon phase - Second time zone - World timer - Equation of time - Alarm watch
- Regulator
- Waterproof - Screw-in crown
- Sapphire crystal - Mineral glass - Acrylic glass
- Guilloché - Finishing - Perlage - Geneva stripes - Skeletonizing - Enameling - Satination
Maintenance
Important Persons of the Watch History
- Abraham-Louis Breguet: Most important watchmaker in the history of horology and a great inventor
- Jean-Adrien Philippe
- Charles Antoine LeCoultre
- Ferdinand Adolph Lange: Founder of A. Lange & Söhne in Glashütte
- John Harwood
- Hans Wilsdorf: Founder of Rolex
- Edouard Heuer - Jack W. Heuer
- Helmut Sinn: Founder of Sinn Spezialuhren Frankfurt
- Günter Blümlein: Leading personality at IWC and LMH
- Jean-Claude Biver: Influential circulator of ideas in the watch business at (Blancpain, Hublot)
- Gerd-Rüdiger Lang: Founder of Chronoswiss
- Nicolas G. Hayek: Important watch business man (Swatch)
Materials
- Gold - White gold - Yellow gold - Rose gold - Red gold
- Platinum - Palladium
- Stainless steel
- Titanium - Tantalum - Tungsten
- Ceramic - Carbon - Nanofiber
More
- Ebauches SA - ETA
- The success story of the "Swatch" / From SSIH to the Swatch Group, the world's bigges watch trust
- Baselworld