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The Watch Encyclopedia

Understand the details that make a watch.

10 terms

Lacquer dial

A dial finished with lacquer layers to produce its colour, depth or surface effect.

A dial using lapis lazuli, a decorative blue stone with natural variations.

Hands with a gently curved, leaf-like outline.

A dial surface with a fine woven-looking texture rather than an actual fabric covering.

A hand with a rounded enlarged area towards its outer section.

The gap between paired lugs where a strap or bracelet attaches.

The distance along the case between the outer ends of opposite lugs.

The projections from a watch case used to attach a bracelet or strap.

A light-emitting material applied to hands or markers to improve legibility in darkness.

Seiko's name for a luminous material used on selected hands and markers.