We all have a habit, like to acquaint themselves with a familiar nickname, in the watch industry is no exception. The table friends all know that the "zombie" is Vacheron Constantin, "fat sea" is Panerai, "water ghost" is Rolex submarine series, as well as the nations " big fly ", product family " clown " ... Some watches are not the same series but are given the same "nickname" because they have similar forms. Today we share with you 6 common watch terms, but also includes a few different "nickname." 1 Red 12 Dial 12 o'clock position is bright red, commonly known as red 12. As for the origin of "Red 12", it is inconclusive at this stage. The most common argument is that during the World War I, the pocket watch was transformed into an important feature of the watch period that was easily worn by the officers and men of the war. At that time pocket watch remodeled as a watch, the time scale placed in a very different position with the modern dial, 12 o'clock naturally not above the watch in the middle of the watch. In order to facilitate the setting of the early watch dialing device and to cater to people's watch habits at the time, the 12-hour standard is about the 3 o'clock or 9 o'clock position of the contemporary watch. Longines 180 anniversary commemorative limited edition L 2.774.8.23.3 Taking into account the importance of the 12 o'clock watch for the watch, in order to avoid mistakes in the concept, so the 12-hour mark catches bright red color. Generally use red, but also useful blue blue 12 watch. Therefore, it is precisely because of the convenience and good looks of the characteristics, it was able to retain in the antique watch has been handed down so far. Red 12 watches on the market today are mostly commemorative models or special models, each unique and unique charm. 2 Panda plate Inside the chronograph, there is a very iconic design, called "Panda plate." Panda disk is considered to be a contrasting color between the main and sub-disk collision, forming a unique design. Sixties and seventies of last century, chronograph popularity, the reason is the fanatical motorsport, led the timing of this special time recording tool. Rolex panda plate "Paul Newman Daytona The first case, also considered to be the most orthodox Panda, is that the dial has a white background and the secondary dial at 3/6/9 is black. The face resembles the panda's face, and the black vice is the same as the two eyes and nose of a panda, so it closely resembles a panda in color and form. Or the dial has only two subdisks, the nose position vice dial instead of using the calendar window, can be considered a panda disk. Tiger Hagar Calera series Caliber CH 80 chronograph The second case, and the first case on the contrary, the background black dial, three sub-white. This design is also very popular, and is also called the panda dish, not because the design was inspired by the panda was named, so no one proposed that this design can not be called. Or add a color coat to the dial to make the watch look richer. Bulgari DIAGONO series Of course, there is also the third case, that is, the sub-disc is in the 6/9/12 o'clock position, and there are two situations, white and black. Such a panda dish needs to be seen across the way, in the mainstream argument, they will be classified as a panda dish. 3 Three-pin line Three pin line pointer table is also referred to as specification (Regulator) table. It is characterized by the dial on the hour hand, minute hand, the second hand each occupy a dial separate timekeeping, and the tail of the three needles fall in 12:00 to 6:00 into a straight line, it is called "three-pin line" (of course Do not rule out the non-linear design of some brands). A timely manner to perform their duties, ritual feeling is very strong memorable people. It is indicated by the central hand minutes, and the hour hand and second hand to indicate the time, this device first appeared in the 17th century Nautical clock. As the three-stranded root, the operation will not interfere with each other, the accuracy is also greatly improved, this function occupies an important seat in the field of astronomy and observation, has also become a symbol of early high-level watches. At the same time, specifically for school-based school teachers watch on the other time. 4 " One-eyed dragon " watch "One-eyed" table is actually jumping timetable . The surface of the jump watch has a small window indicating each hour in the 12 hours. After every minute of minute hand 60 minutes, the small window will pop up the next number. The principle of the time hopping table is to change the traditional pointer into a rotatable digital dial, which shows different hours through the operation of the digital dial. Bo Laishi VINTAGE series Reference price: 362000 yuan Today's jump watch originates from George Graham in England in the 18th century, and around 1740 he produced a series of Regulator Clocks, one of which uses a small window with a digital turntable To show the hour, it will become the ancestor of today's time-hopping table. That is, in the "three-pin line" on the basis of the hours with a separate window display. 5 Astrological chart With the star map display of the watch, some in the dial display, and some at the bottom of the table. Van Cleef & Arpels poetic complex watch series Paris night sky astrological map Reference price: 598000 yuan A typical astrology watch shows the locations of stars and constellations in the Northern Hemisphere throughout the year. The watch can be used to set the location of the local astrology. As time passes, the asterisk rotates. 6 Caruso Carrousel (Carrousel, meaning merry-go-round) was invented in 1892 by Danish watchmaker Barney Bernicsson, hoping to create a gravity that is as competitive as a tourbillon and of being more affordable The special escapement received , Carrousel was born. However, it is regrettable that due to the fact that the manufacture and development of Caruso watches are concentrated in the UK, the British watchmaking industry did not make great strides at that time and gradually led to the disappearance of Caruso's production. Carrousel reappears in people's attention in 2008, Blancpain Caruso debut Basel Watch Fair, was the world's first Caruso watch, is also the history of the first one-minute flight card Russell table. Blancpain started series 92322-34B39-55B Reference price: 2822000 yuan Fundamentals: Caruso will escapement and balance wheel mounted on a rotating frame around the axis of the stage. It does not set the fixed gear, there are two separate and complementary running gear train, both of which are driven by the third gear. That is, in a double gear train, one controls the rotation of the frame and the other powers the escapement. The difference between Caruso and Tourbillon are: 1, Tourbillon rotation speed is usually faster than Caruso 2, Tourbillon balance wheel and the frame is usually concentric, Caruso is eccentric (rarely concentric) 3, Tourbillon has a fixed wheel, Carrousel does not have a fixed wheel