Fine Watchmaking Glossary

This glossary has been compiled for a wide audience of connoisseurs, collectors and more generally anyone who wears a watch. Its chief objective is to shed light on the main principles of modern watchmaking, and to explain how a watch works and the functions its many components perform. Watchmakers and serious connoisseurs can also consult specialised dictionaries such as the Dictionnaire professionnel illustré de l’Horlogerie compiled by G.A. Berner.