====== Decoration ======

{{wst>image_l|RD 02|**Decorations** on Roger Dubuis Caliber [[RD 02]]:\\ **Perlage** (left), **Geneva Stripe** (right)\\ © [[Roger Dubuis]]|330px}}

There are numerous methods of embellishing the [[movement]]s, such as:

  * [[Geneva stripes]]
  * [[Glashütte stripes]]
  * [[Perlage]]
  * [[Solar grinding]] (or Sunburst pattern)
  * [[Rhodination]]
  * [[Côtes circulaires]] (circular ribs)
  * [[Colimaçonnage]] (spiral ornamentation)
  * [[Chasing]]
  * Engraving, e.g. in the form of lettering or a figure
  * Surface engraving, e.g. on [[balance cock]]s
  * [[Potter decoration]] (old gold patina)
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{{wst>image_cr|Chronoswiss|Orea|Chronoswiss Orea with **enameled** dial}}

Processes more commonly used for dial embellishment:
  * [[Guillochage]]
  * [[Clous de Paris]]
  * [[Enameling]], see also: [[Grand Feu]]

Furthermore:
  * [[Skeletonization]]

===== video =====
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVtXRmiH1Gk|Hand engraving of a balance cock at A. Lange & Söhne at Munichtime 2018]], YouTube, Oct. 28, 2018.



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