Monochrome Watches
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A gemstone that has been shaped and polished, but not faceted. These are used in mechanical movements to reduce friction and wear at critical joints

An analog watch containing a stopwatch function. A dedicated seconds hand can be started, stopped and reset via pushers on the case, with varying amounts of separate sub-dials to measure additional minutes and hours. Complex chronographs can time multiple events simultaneously