A method for fabricating an applique for horology including a visible upper surface, and a lower surface from which protrudes at least one securing foot: a rough piece is made as a straight workpiece; this rough piece is deformed to form a blank so as to form an upper curve; this blank including this feet is machined; this blank is mounted on a tool having a support surface complementary to the lower surface of this blank, a recess for housing each foot, gripping means and/or an adhesive for securing each blank; the upper curve of this blank is machined with at least one final diamond-polishing operation to form this upper surface.

A system including two components intended to be in friction contact with each other in a given direction, wherein the friction occurs in a functional area, wherein the system is at least one of the two components including, on a surface in the functional area, a texture formed of a series of troughs of rounded shape separated by peaks or a series of bumps of rounded shape separated by troughs, the troughs extending parallel in the given direction and allowing for the evacuation of debris produced by friction and serving as a reservoir for a lubricant. A method for manufacturing at least one component or a mold by the DRIE (deep reactive ion etching) process, wherein surface defects on the sidewalls machined by the DRIE process are used to form the troughs.

A system for fastening and/or extracting a dial disposed on a support. The dial includes a holding portion configured to bring the dial against the support and an extracting portion configured to move the dial away from the support. The system includes a movable organ configured to displace or be displaced between a fastening position and an extraction position. The movable organ includes a holding surface configured to cooperate with the holding portion so as to bring the dial against the support and an extraction surface configured to cooperate with the extraction portion so as to move the dial away from the support.

A dial includes a recessed portion formed by laser irradiation, and a decorative portion formed at a bottom surface of the recessed portion by laser irradiation, including a first groove extending in a first direction, and a second groove extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and including a plurality of protruding portions provided in a region partitioned by a plurality of the first grooves, and a plurality of the second grooves.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a casing element made of ceramic, for the fields of watchmaking or jewelry making, which enables a casing element to be obtained that is substantially homogeneous in terms of its structure and mechanical properties and that has variations of hue and/or color that are both original and unique on its surface. The manufacturing method includes, in particular, a machining step intended to make different layers, of different respective natures, visible on the surface of the casing element.

The micromechanical clockwork part is cut from a plate-like silicon substrate. The cut edges of the part include portions intended to serve as contact surfaces arranged to slide against corresponding contact zones of another micromechanical part in a clockwork piece. The cut edges have a ribbed surface including an alternating set of ribs and furrows, the ribs and the furrows being straight and each contained in a plane parallel to the plate. Moreover, the ribs and furrows which the cut edges have form a stepped pattern on the cut edge, with first intervals in which the spacing separating the ribs from one another is equal to a first distance, and at least one second interval in which the spacing between the ribs is equal to a second distance different from the first distance.

A dial for a timepiece, preferably a watch, the dial being provided with a relief portion which is made as an assembly of pieces on different levels, juxtaposed on a base, such that the relief portion is formed by the upper surfaces of the pieces. A method for manufacturing the dial with several separate pieces, the upper surfaces of the pieces being subjected to a polishing step and/or possibly an enamelling step. The pieces are then cut along a defined contour and then assembled edge-to-edge on a base, so as to create the relief portion.

Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for fabricating alkali vapor cells. The methods disclosed herein comprise depositing a fluid into a reservoir of a device, the device comprising: a reservoir, a set of receptacles, and a set of conduits fluidly connecting each of the receptacles to the reservoir; such that, when a fluid is placed in the reservoir, the fluid flows to each of the receptacles via capillary action. Also disclosed herein are methods comprising flowing a fluid from an inlet to an outlet of a lumen of a main conduit of a device, the device further comprising a set of receptacles, each of the receptacles being in fluid communication with the lumen of the main conduit; such that, when a fluid flows from the inlet to the outlet through the lumen of the main conduit, the fluid further flows into each of the receptacles via capillary action.

A method for cutting watch crystals along a plurality of contours in a plate of transparent material includes forming a first cut line or kerf to form a first chamfer for each of the crystals of the plate and marking at least one machined recess on a first side of the plate, turning the plate over and marking at least one of the position of the first chamfer and the position of the at least one machined recess, forming a second cut line or kerf to form a second chamfer for each of the crystals on a second side of the plate, and separating the crystals by machining through the plate at each of the contours to form edges of the crystals.

A method and device for manufacturing a bevelled stone, particularly for a timepiece are disclosed. A precursor is produced from a mixture of at least one material in powder form with a binder. The method includes pressing the precursor so as to form a green body, using a top die and a bottom die comprising a protruding rib, sintering the green body so as to form a body of the future stone in at least one material, the body including a peripheral face and a bottom face provided with a groove, and machining the body including a substep of planning the peripheral face up to the groove, such that an inner wall of the groove forms at least a flared part of the peripheral face of the stone.