Pillar
In antique watches, small columns of various shapes (e.g. cylindrical, conical, baluster) that join together two plates in the mechanism.
After 1660, pillars were often tastefully decorated. They could be given the form of a tulip, or be in a Louis XIV, Egyptian, etc., style.
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, inexpensive watches featured cylindrical pillars supporting very thin brass plates.
Terms with the same letter
Padparadsha sapphire Paillon Paillonné enamel Painting on enamel Pairing Palladium Pallet Pantograph Parts Pavé Pavilion Pawl (Click) Pear shape Pearl Pellaton (winding system) Pellaton (winding system) Pendant Pendulum Peridot Period Perpetual calendar Perpetual calendar (watch) Perpétuelle Petite sonnerie Piezoelectric Pillar Pin Pinion Pivot Planing machine Plating Platinum Pleochroism Poinçon de Genève Point Polish Power reserve, Indicator Precious stone Precision timer Princess cut Prong or claw setting Pulsometer Punaise Push-button Push-fit PVD
