Tissot Ballade Automatic Stainless Steel Wristwatch with Guilloche Dial
A Tissot Ballade automatic wristwatch, ref. C279/379 in stainless steel, guilloche dial, center seconds, date, applied markers, gold plated reeded bezel, 25 jewel self wind movement, transparent back, 2 tone band, size 1.42 in., working.
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- Bezel - On a clock or watch, the bezel is the metal frame into which the watch or clock glass is fitted. In clocks, the bezel may include a hinge and a flange, in effect a door to the face of the clock. In jewellery the bezel is a band of metal with a projecting lip that holds the gemstone in its setting.
- Date Aperture - A date aperture is a cut out section in the face of a watch or clock, displaying the day of the month.
- Guilloche - A form of classical decoration consisting of a repeating ornament of interlacing curved bands, sometimes forming circles, and further decorated with rosettes or other flower forms.
The name is derived from the inventor, French engineer Guillot, who invented a mechanical method of inscribing fine repeating patterns on to metallic surfaces.
On enamelled items with guilloche decoration, the surface is firstly engraved with the repeating pattern, and then covered with several layers of enamel, each of which is fired.
Where the item has not been enamelled the form of decoration is usually called "engine turned". - Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
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