Glossary of watchmaking

GIA

GIA

Gemological Institute of America.

Terms with the same letter

Gear train Gears Gemmology Gemstone GIA Gild Girdle Glucidur (Glucydur) Gnomon Gold Goldsmith Gong Goshenite Governor Grain Grande complication Grande sonnerie Green diamond Green garnet Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Gregorian calendar

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A configuration of parts to perform a function. The watch is a mechanism whose various parts are themselves mechanisms, each with a...

A portable timepiece that functions in all positions. A watch comprises three essential parts: The movement made up of the...