watch dials
Numbered clock faces
Watch dials are the faces of watches—the flat surfaces displaying numerals, markers, or other indicators that show the time.
The term appears in watchmaking and collecting contexts: The vintage Rolex featured hand-painted watch dials.
Dial design varies from minimalist to ornate, with complications like date windows or chronograph subdials.
- indicesOrganized lists for lookup
- Arabic numeralsDecimal notation system
- Roman numeralsAlphabetic number system
- glow-in-the-darkLuminous without power source
- chronographWatch with elapsed-time function
glow · radiance · luminescence · illumination · aperture · bezel · shine · hands · light · luminosity · gleam · numerals · markers · brightness · radium · complications · legibility · enamel
watch component function
watch dialshour hand
Stubby timepiece indicator
minute hand · second hand · watch movement · watch crown · watch bezel