Welcome to WatchTime’s Watchmaking Glossary. This is a unique one-stop multimedia resource for watch collectors and watch experts. Click on any of the glossary items to learn more about it, most of the items are enhanced with HD photos and some of our glossary items also have videos included. You can easily navigate back to the main page of the glossary from every item. We will update the glossary frequently.
A
- A/h or ALTERATIONS (or ALTERNANCE) PER HOUR
- AMPLITUDE
- ANA-DIGI
- ANALOG
- ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT
- ANGLAGE
- ANNUAL CALENDAR
- ANTIMAGNETIC
- APPLIED INDICES (APPLIQUÉ INDICES)
- ART DECO
- AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT
B
C
- CABOCHON
- CALIBER
- CENTER, OR SWEEP SECONDS HAND
- CHAPTER RING
- CHRONOGRAPH
- CHRONOMETER
- COLUMN WHEEL
- COMPLICATION
- COSC (OR C.O.S.C.)
- CROWN
- CRYSTAL
D
E
F
G
H
- HACK, HACKING SECONDS
- HAIRSPRING, OR BALANCE SPRING
- HALLMARK
- HAND-WOUND MOVEMENT
- HERTZ or Hz
- HOROLOGY
I
J
K
L
M
- MAINSPRING
- MANUAL-WIND MOVEMENT
- MANUFACTURE
- MECHANICAL WATCH
- MICRO-ROTOR
- MINUTE REPEATER
- MOON-PHASE DISPLAY
- MOTION WORK
- MOVEMENT
O
P
Q
R
S
- SCREW-DOWN CROWN
- SELF-COMPENSATING HAIRSPRING
- SHOCK ABSORPTION
- SKELETONIZED MOVEMENT
- STOP-SECONDS FUNCTION
- SUBSIDIARY DIAL
- SWISS MADE
T
V
W