Namrata Kaku
Enamel work on Timepieces
Enamelling on watch dials started in the 17th century on pocket watch dials. In the mid twentieth century, the enamel dials were the most popular among the watch enthusiasts. From that time, the industrialisation of enamelling has been attempted but it has still not taken hold of the market.
Moonphase Complication of a wrist watch
The moonphase complication of a watch is the most beautiful and artistic function on any dial of a watch. The ability of timekeeping gives you the ability of telling current moonphase. The accuracy in certain moonphase complication watches is such that it doesn’t require manual adjustment for centuries.
A Chronograph in a wristwatch
The chronograph adds up a stopwatch function to a watch. To make such a wristwatch with accuracy, the work involved is gigantic.
Tourbillon Watches: A Beginner's Guide
The term "tourbillon" actually represents a planetary system rotating about its axis and with this representation it invoked the comparison between the motion of the components and the astronomical phenomenon.
The Patek Philippe Seal : The Seal of Independence
PP is a seal of Patek Philippe is used to certify the watch, signifying the promise of ultimate quality and standard. This seal started being embossed on mechanical movements from March 2009.
Equation of time complication of a watch
The equation of time complication of a watch shows a normal time i.e. the mean solar time and also the true solar time.
When Switzerland became the watch capital
Switzerland is the center of the watch industry as most of the elite watchmakers, watch production companies and their boutiques are located there. It is a heaven for horologists and watch experts. Well, it was not the case till the early nineteenth century.
Guilloché Craftsmanship
The decorations done on the dial of the watch is splendid and one of the technique used in dial decorations is guilloché work. The guilloché work is an intricate decorative technique of straight, curved, or broken lines done in a repetitive pattern with a mechanical device.
Perpetual Calendar Watches
The perpetual calendar complication of a watch gives you the ability to read the date of the year including the leap year
The travel complications of watches
The increase of commercial air travel around the world, with people going from one time zone to another within a matter of few hours, created the need for the travel complication
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