Watch Glossary and Terms with Images

F ImagesFactory, worksIn the Swiss watch industry, the term manufacture is used of a factory in which watches are manufactured almost completely, as distinct from an "atelier de terminage", which is concerned only with assembling, timing, fitting the hands and casing.Fly-back HandIn a chronograph with analogue display, an additional centre seconds-hand which can remain superposed on the other one as it moves, can be stopped independently and then made to "fly back" so as to catch up with the other hand, can be stopped and reset to zero together with the other hand. In chronographs with numerical display, a "function" having the same effect.Full calendar watchShows the date, the day of the week, the month and moon phases (new and full moons separated by the first and last quarters).G ImagesGasketMost water-resistant watches are equipped with gaskets to seal the case back, crystal and crown from water. Gaskets need to be checked every couple of years to maintain water resistance.It generally includes the following operations: receipt, inspection and stocking of the "ébauche", the regulating elements and the other parts of the movement and of the make-up; assembling; springing and timing; fitting the dial and hands; casing; final inspection before packing and dispatching.EtablisseurFrench term for a watch factory which is engaged only in assembling watches, without itself producing the components, which it buys from specialist suppliers.