GLOSSARY
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Gasket
The majority of water resistant watches are equipped with gaskets in the case back, the crystal and the crown.
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Gear-Train
The system of wheels and pinions which, from the barrel B, transmits the driving power to the escape wheel E, Z1 centre-wheel, Z3 third wheel, Z5 fourth wheel. E escape wheel. All these wheels are riveted to their respective pinions, Z2, Z4, Z6.
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Geneva Seal
see Poinçon de Genève.
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Glucydore
Bronze and beryllium alloy used for high-quality balances (s). This alloy assures high elasticity and hardness values; it is non-magnetic, rustproof and has a very reduced coefficient of expansion, which makes the balance very stable and assures high accuracy of the movement.
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GMT
Abbreviation for Greenwich Mean Time. As a feature of watches, it means that two or more time zones are displayed. In this case, the second time may be read from a hand making a full rotation in a 24-hour ring (thereby also indicating whether it is a.m. or p.m. in that zone).
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Gold Plating
Electro deposited layer of gold, the thickness of which is given in microns.
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Gong
Harmonic flattened bell in a steel alloy, generally positioned along the circumference of the movement and struck by hammers (s) to indicate time by sounds. Size and thickness determine the resulting note and tone. In watches provided with minute-repeaters (s), there are often two gongs and the hammers strike one note to indicate hours, both notes together to indicate quarters and the other note for the remaining minutes. In more complex models, equipped also with en-passant sonnerie (s) devices, there may be up to four gongs producing different notes and playing even simple melodies (such as the chime of London’s Big Ben).
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Guilloché
Decoration of dials, rotors or case parts consisting of patterns made by hand or engine-turned. By the thin pattern of the resulting engravings—consisting of crossing or interlaced lines—it is possible to realize even complex drawings. Dials and rotors decorated in this way are generally in gold or in solid silver.
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