Horology is the fine art of making timepieces. It’s one of the world’s classic professions. To fully appreciate this time-honored craft, and the precision instruments it produces, it is essential that every watch connoisseur know a thing or two about timepieces.
Mechanical watch
A mechanical watch has no battery, yet is more than accurate enough for daily
use. In fact, a good mechanical watch is often more accurate over a short
period of time than a quarts watch. Mechanical watches have no batteries,
are very durable, and often become heirlooms that are handed down from generation
to generation.
Automatic watch
An automatic watch is a mechanical watch that is self-winding. The movement
of your wrist and body causes the rotor, (a weight attached to an automatic
winding mechanism), to wind up the watch. An automatic watch needs no battery,
but will stop if not worn over a day, or if you have been physically inactive
for an extended period of time.
Should this happen, wind the crown ten times clockwise to start the watch
and give it some reserve power. Set the time and date and place it on your
wrist. It is also recommended that an automatic watch be housed in a watch
winder box.
Chronograph
A chronograph is a timepiece that also operates as a stopwatch. It permits
the measurement of a desired interval time, and features start/stop/reset
functions.
Chronometer
A chronometer is a watch of extremely high precision that has received an
official rating certificate of for accuracy after being tested for 15 days
at various temperatures and positions.
Jewels
Jewels are the ruby stones that a watch’s gears turn on to protect the
metal parts from grinding together.
Swiss gold
A special gold layering process used to assures the gold plating will never
wear off. We are so confident in this process that we even plate case backs
and the inside of metal bands.
Bezel
The bezel is the outer ring of the case that holds the crystal in place. Many
sport watches feature bezels that rotate to allow divers to safely measure
how long they’ve been under water.