Cutting the teeth - 切割齿轮
Achieving a shape by cutting out on a Computerised Numerical Control machine or by stamping/pressing.这项操作须采用铣刀完成。铣刀可进行两项操作:旋转操作,切割齿轮和小齿轮;以及纵向操作(沿移动部件的中轴方向)。
机芯
Originally synonymous with size or dimensions. Watchmakers then began to use the term to refer to the movement. Patek Philippe has 15 base calibres. They are used either as they are or to serve as a « base » for additional developments or functions. There are thus 38 different calibres for wristwatches and 6 for pocket watches in regular production within the Manufacture.原义是大小或尺寸,后来被制表师引申为机芯。百达翡丽有17种基础机芯,它们既可以作为一般机芯使用,也可以作为“基础”机芯,在其基础上增添新技术或新功能。因此,在制造商的常规生产中,腕表有38种机芯,而怀表有6种机芯。
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Décalque——转印
又称移印或板印,这种印刷工艺可将二维图案转移到任何二维或三维物体上(除此之外较难处理)。在钟表制造过程中,先将一块油墨硅胶雕板精心放置于未经处理的表盘上方;降低硅胶板,将字母或数字印在表盘表面,待晾干之后再进行另一次转印。
Date of Easter - 复活节日期
Complication that displays the date of Easter according to this rule: the first Sunday after the full moon which follows the spring equinox. The patented mecha