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Illustrated Guide to Watch Styles,
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Dress |
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![]() Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Taille |
![]() Patek Philippe 5010 |
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Sports |
(Also see Dive and Pilot for additional examples) |
![]() Bell & Ross Space Two |
![]() Breitling Montbrillant |
![]() Rolex Explorer II |
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Dive (subcategory of Sports) |
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![]() Rolex Submariner |
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Pilot (subcategory of Sports) |
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![]() IWC Mark XII |
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Designer |
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![]() ![]() Ikepod Seaslug (Marc Newson) |
![]() ![]() Ventura v-matic Automatic (Hannes Wettstein) |
![]() ![]() Xemex Offroad (Ruedi Külling) |
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Jewelry |
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![]() Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Joaillerie |
Here are examples of the most common watch case shapes:
![]() Round |
![]() Rectangular |
![]() Oval |
![]() Oval |
![]() Tonneau |
![]() Tonneau |
![]() Combination |
![]() Unusual (letter) |
Here are some common watch features, beyond the normal seconds, minutes, hours and date.
24-Hour Dial |
![]() Sinn 157 |
![]() Rolex Explorer II |
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Alarm |
![]() Revue Thommen Cricket |
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Annual Calendar |
![]() Patek Philippe 5035 (calendar set once a year, on March 1) [see "Perpetual Calendar," below] |
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Chronograph |
![]() Omega Speedmaster (Valjoux 7750 movement) |
![]() Zenith Class 4 (El Primero movement) |
![]() Sinn 157 (Lemania 5100 movement) |
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Chronometer |
![]() Zenith Chronomaster |
![]() Ventira v-matic |
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Day and Month (Triple Date) |
![]() Zenith Chronomaster (date, not shown, is also on dial) |
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Display Back |
![]() Lange 1 |
![]() Minerva Anniversary |
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Dual Time Zone |
![]() Jaeger-LeCoultre Geographic (crown at 10 o'clock turns city ring and sets subdial to that time zone) |
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Helium Release Valve |
![]() Omega Seamaster Professional |
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Moonphase |
![]() Zenith Chronomaster |
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Perpetual Calendar |
![]() Patek Philippe 5040 (calendar set once) [see "Annual Calendar," above] |
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Power Reserve |
![]() Zenith Chronomaster (hand moves as watch is wound, showing hours of power reserve) |
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Pulsometer (or Pulsimeter) |
![]() Bell & Ross GMT (first quarter or so of tachymetre scale is marked with pulse, assuming chronograph is operated for a count of 15 pulses) |
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Rattrapante (Split-second chronograph) |
![]() Breitling Rattrapante (both second hands start together; pusher stops one; next push causes stopped second hand to catch up) |
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Repeater |
![]() Ulysse Nardin San Marco Sonnerie en Passant (sounds hours and half-hours) |
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Retrograde |
![]() Chronoswiss Delphis (minute hand jumps back to zero when it hits 60) |
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Skeleton |
![]() Chronoswiss Opus |
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Tachymetre (or Tachometer) |
![]() Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph (chronograph is operated for one distance unit [e.g., mile, kilometer]; number indicates units per hour) |
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Tourbillon |
![]() Vacheron Constantin Tourbillon (balance mechanism rotates to even out effects of gravity) |
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