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français term or phrase:
axe
anglais translation:
axis (It's a line around which an object rotates.)
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français term
axe
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Ingénierie (général)
Watchmaking / Horlogerie
Does anyone know what "axe" as part of a watch hand would be translated as? I have found "arbour" (and also "staff" on the FHH dictionary/terminology website) but am struggling to confirm this with resources related strictly to the watch hand itself. Would "arbour" be the correct term?
L’aiguille possède un corps relié à une tête par un cou.
L’analogie devient plus martiale si l’on sait qu’elle dispose également d’un canon et d’une pointe.
Le canon sert à relier l’aiguille à l’axe qui la fera tourner.
Many thanks for any insight!
L’aiguille possède un corps relié à une tête par un cou.
L’analogie devient plus martiale si l’on sait qu’elle dispose également d’un canon et d’une pointe.
Le canon sert à relier l’aiguille à l’axe qui la fera tourner.
Many thanks for any insight!
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An ar.bor is a bar, shaft or axis that holds or supports a rotating tool.
It's a beam, shaft, axis or spindle.
It's used to connect the pointer to the bar or axis that turns it.
A rotator is used to tighten the watch hands and keep accurate time.
A clock or watch relies on automatic winding or self-winding in order to eliminate the need to wind the watch. A device winds the watch's mainspring automatically, by using the natural motions of the wrist, with a rotating weight mechanism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_watch
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Note added at 2 days 3 hrs (2024-09-16 18:36:15 GMT)
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Another reference explains:
'A cannon pinion with a hollow shaft that fits friction tight over the centre wheel shaft, projects through the face and holds the minute hand. While the timepiece is not being set this is turned by the centre wheel and it drives the minute wheel. While being set it's turned be a setting mechanism or minute-wheel. Modern clocks have a setting wheel at the back.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_train
I think the French word 'canon' is a barrel, which is a very small connector, perhaps too small to be seen, that connects a watch hand to a rotator or a bar on which a rotator is placed.
It's a beam, shaft, axis or spindle.
It's used to connect the pointer to the bar or axis that turns it.
A rotator is used to tighten the watch hands and keep accurate time.
A clock or watch relies on automatic winding or self-winding in order to eliminate the need to wind the watch. A device winds the watch's mainspring automatically, by using the natural motions of the wrist, with a rotating weight mechanism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_watch
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Note added at 2 days 3 hrs (2024-09-16 18:36:15 GMT)
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Another reference explains:
'A cannon pinion with a hollow shaft that fits friction tight over the centre wheel shaft, projects through the face and holds the minute hand. While the timepiece is not being set this is turned by the centre wheel and it drives the minute wheel. While being set it's turned be a setting mechanism or minute-wheel. Modern clocks have a setting wheel at the back.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_train
I think the French word 'canon' is a barrel, which is a very small connector, perhaps too small to be seen, that connects a watch hand to a rotator or a bar on which a rotator is placed.
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Discussion
Some online references I've seen seem to suggest that "arbo(u)r" refers to a rod in older watches corresponding to the cannon pinion in more recent ones, but I'm by no means certain of this. The research required is quite time-consuming.