watchmakers
Timepiece repair specialists
Watchmakers are craftspeople who make and repair watches and other timepieces.
The trade requires precision work with tiny mechanical components—gears, springs, escapements.
A watchmaker might work for a manufacturer, run an independent repair shop, or restore antique pieces: The watchmaker replaced the broken mainspring.
The term extends to clockmakers, though watches demand finer skills.
Timekeeping science and craft
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- movementChange in position
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
- mainspringClock's power coil
balance wheel · jewels · complications · caliber · dial · hands · case · bezel
Pocket-sized detail viewer
- tweezersPincerlike gripping instrument
- screwdriverTool for turning fasteners
- oilerShip carrying petroleum
- demagnetizerRemoves magnetic properties
hand press · ultrasonic cleaner · lathe · file · burnisher
Of a neutral alpine nation
- RolexSwiss luxury watchmaker
- SeikoJapanese watch manufacturer
- GenevaSwiss seat of diplomacy
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
master · guild · heritage · generations · atelier · manufacture
Crystalline silicon dioxide
- automaticOperating without intervention
- self-windingPowered by wearer's motion
- perpetual calendarDate chart for any year
- chronographWatch with elapsed-time function
split-seconds · moonphase · power reserve · silicon · co-axial · smartwatch · atomic · GPS
Carving into hard surfaces
- enamelingFusing glassy coating onto surfaces
- miniature paintingSmall detailed painted artwork
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- chamferingCutting angled edges
horology
Timekeeping science and craft
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- movementChange in position
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
mainspring · balance wheel · jewels · complications · caliber · dial · hands · case · bezel · crown
loupe
Pocket-sized detail viewer
- tweezersPincerlike gripping instrument
- screwdriverTool for turning fasteners
- oilerShip carrying petroleum
demagnetizer · hand press · ultrasonic cleaner · lathe · file · burnisher
Swiss
Of a neutral alpine nation
apprenticeship · master · guild · heritage · generations · atelier · manufacture
quartz
Crystalline silicon dioxide
- automaticOperating without intervention
- self-windingPowered by wearer's motion
- perpetual calendarDate chart for any year
chronograph · split-seconds · moonphase · power reserve · silicon · co-axial · smartwatch · atomic · GPS
engraving
Carving into hard surfaces
- enamelingFusing glassy coating onto surfaces
- miniature paintingSmall detailed painted artwork
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- timekeepingclock, clocks, timer, calendar, hourglass
- makersfilmmaker, crafter, crafters, shoemaker, woodworker
- small businessesbakery, restaurant, salon, boutique, florist
- vanishing thingsblacksmiths, cobblers, lamplighters, switchboard operators, telegraphers