1.20.2011

Terminology of Watches

Brand Watch News Report: Watch with many functions, and complex structure. How can I identify watch, watch should be classified? Many men may only know the brand of watch, but the vocabulary and watch type of study may not have done watch the people could not understand, Xiao Bian watch a few key words in this popular, with the watch you know general function and type.


Tourbillon 

Tourbillon

It exists to correct the error caused by gravity on the watch, when the escapement 360-degree spinning up, will be part of the azimuth error together, cancel each other out, thereby eliminating the error.

How can I identify watch, watch should be classified?


 Perpetual Calendar
Perpetual Calendar

Able to accurately show features 100 years of the date, even if the catch can accurately display a leap year.

Equation of time 

Comparing this feature contests, so the real time accuracy, it can display clock time and true solar time gap.


Moonphase
Moon Phase

If you are a fan of moon viewing, this little feature will appeal to you, to let you know the moon wanes.

To know more about it watch key words
Three questions Minute Repeater

Three questions that can chime watch watch, you just press the case button or pull the handle side, they can hear the "knocking" sound the hour.


Retrograde 
Retrograde

Also known as "returned", expressed as a pointer to arc to run track, when the end is immediately bounced back to reach the starting point is different from the usual circular motion.

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