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Author: | Roffensian [ Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:34 am ] |
Post subject: | Watch Abbreviations / Acronyms |
I was asked to provide a list of watch related abbreviations / acronyms, so have put the list below together. I am sure that this list will be added to, PM me if you want some additions – watch related only please. There is a separate but related thread in the Buy / Sell / Trade section on sales specific terms – Click here for Sales Specific Terms AD – Authorised Dealer, retailer with a contract from Breitling allowing them to sell new Breitlings AR – Anti Reflective, the coating applied to both sides of Breitling’s sapphire crystals to cut down on glare. Most manufacturers use some form of AR, but many only apply it to the underside ASBS – Avenger Skyland Blacksteel, limited edition of 2,000 Avenger Skylands (now just Avenger) issued in 2007 with a DLC coating ASCBS – Avenger Seawolf Chrono Blacksteel – limited edition of 2,000 Avenger Seawolf Chronos issued in 2009 with a DLC coating BB – BlackBird BUK – Breitling UK, UK distributor / service centre for Breitling BUSA – Breitling USA, US distributor / service centre for Breitling CA – Chrono Avenger COSC – Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronometres, the official Swiss chronometer testing institute that certifies Swiss chronometers. A mechanical chronometer must be accurate to -4 / +6 seconds per day and a quartz chronometer must be accurate to + / - 10 seconds per year. All Breitlings are COSC certified DB – Display Back, see through caseback on some watches to allow a view of the movement DLC – Diamond Like Carbon – a hard coating used to coat watches with a coloured coating. Breitling has used black DLC in a number of recent models EM – Emergency Mission ETA – A Swiss movement manufacturer that is now part of the Swatch Group. ETA movements are used in the vast majority of Breitling movements and ETA is the largest movement supplier to the Swiss watch industry. It was originally an abbreviation of Eterna LE – Limited Edition – a watch produced in a limited production run of a fixed number of units M1 – Chrono Avenger M1 NOS – New Old Stock, an older watch that has never previously been sold / owned OP – Original Post or Original Poster, the first post of a thread PAM – slang term for Officine Panerai watch manufacturer, based on Panerai model numbers which start PAM PO – Planet Ocean (Omega) PVD – Physical Vapour Deposition – a coating used to cover watches with a coloured coating. PVD is not as resilient as DLC and is seen as an inferior coating which flakes easily with age QP – Quantieme Perpetuel – a perpetual watch that can adjust for the number of days in each month without manual intervention, including February 29th Ratty - Rattrapante complication, also known as split second chronograph, a complication that allows for timing of split times by having two chrono seconds hands which both start when the chronograph is started, but where one stops and one continues to allow for split timing RG – Rose Gold or Red Gold SA – Super Avenger SABS – Super Avenger Blacksteel, limited edition of 3,000 Super Avengers issued in 2008 with a DLC coating SD – Sea Dweller (Rolex) SDDS – Sea Dweller Deep Sea (Rolex) SE – Special Edition – a watch produced in limited production numbers or for a limited period of time, but without the specific restriction on number of units that is required to make it an LE. SF - SteelFish SO – SuperOcean SOH – SuperOcean Heritage SOHC – SuperOcean Heritage Chrono SOHCLE – SuperOcean Heritage Chrono Limited Edition – limited edition produced for Breitling’s 125th anniversary in 2009. 1,000 pieces were produced in each of white, blue and black dials SOSF – SuperOcean SteelFish SQ – SuperQuartz, Breitling’s thermo compensated quartz technology to ensure that their quartz movements are capable of meeting COSC standards SS – Stainless Steel TPD - Turns Per Day, refers to the number of turns required by an automatic watch on a watchwinder to keep it fully wound TT – Two Tone – usually steel and gold TZ – TimeZone.com – watch community TZ-UK – TimeZone UK – UK based version of TimeZone – tz-uk.com UTC - Coordinated Universal Time, in Breitling speak a quartz analog module available to be attached to some models between the 6 o'clock lugs to show a second timezone. Now discontinued and replaced with the digital co-pilot module WG – White Gold WIS – Watch Idiot Savant, term used for enthusiastic watch lovers / collectors WUS – WatchUSeek.com – watch community WWAYWT - What Watch Are You Wearing Today - popular picture thread on BreitlingSource. YG – Yellow Gold |
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