GLOSSARY

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  • Water Resistance

    Watch case, crown, buttons (push-pieces) and crystal are water resistant and dustproof up to the underwater pressure or depth mentioned by the manufacturer (3 atmospheres, corresponding to a conventional depth of 30 meters; 5 atmospheres, corresponding to a conventional depth of 50 meters). The water resistance should be checked yearly.

  • Waterproof

    English term for water resistant watches.

  • Wheel

    Circular element, mostly toothed, combines with an arbor and a pinion (s) to make up a gear (s). Wheels are normally made of brass, while arbors and pinions are made of steel. The wheels between barrel (s) and escapement (s) make up the train (s).

  • Winding Stem

    Element transmitting motion from the crown (s) to the gears governing manual winding and setting.

  • Winding System

    Shaft on which the crown is fixed at the outer end. The winding system is the connection between the crown outside the case and watch movement.

  • Window

    Aperture in the dial, that allows reading the underlying indication, mainly the date, but also indications concerning a second zone’s time or jumping hour.

  • World Time

    Additional feature of watches provided with a GMT (s) function, displaying the 24 time zones on the dial or bezel, each zone referenced by a city name, providing instantaneous reading of the time of any country.

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