A method for manufacturing a hole jewel, including forming a precursor from a mixture of at least one powder material with a binder; pressing the precursor, with upper lower dies, to form a green body of the future hole jewel including a blind cavity having a height between a height of the green body and a height of the future hole jewel, the cavity being provided with upper and lower portions respectively including blanks of a through hole and of a functional element of the future hole jewel; sintering the green body to form a body of the future hole jewel; machining the body, including a first sub-step of shaping a top of the body, during which a height of the upper portion is configured in readiness for an opening in the through hole blank for connecting the functional element to the upper surface, and a second sub-step of shaping a base of the body to form a lower surface of the hole jewel for connecting the functional element to to the lower surface.

A watch component includes a base material including a first region having a surface at which a plurality of recessed portions are formed and a second region having a smooth surface, and a multilayer film configured to cover at least a portion of the base material. When viewed in a cross-sectional view taken along a thickness direction of the base material, the plurality of recessed portions are defined by a first side and a second side that is tilted with respect to the first side and is in contact with the first side at an end portion, and a hue angle of the first region is greater than a hue angle of the second region.

A watch part includes a substrate and a multilayer film covering at least a part of the substrate, wherein a plurality of recesses are formed at a surface of the substrate facing the multilayer film, and in a cross-sectional view of the substrate taken in a thickness direction thereof, each of the plurality of recesses is defined by a first side and a second side that is inclined with respect to the first side and meets the first side.

A component and method of making the internal parts or movement for a timepiece or piece of jewelry that includes a substrate partially coated with a black layer and decorated with at least one stone, said black layer including carbon nanotubes or aluminum oxide, said substrate being at least devoid of the black layer on the portion facing the stone.

A one-piece silicon device with flexible blades (2, 3), in particular for timepieces, for example a pivot with crossed blades, and to a method for manufacturing the device (1). The method includes: forming (21) a one-piece silicon device (1) blank from a wafer of the SOI type, the device (1) including two flexible blades (2, 3), each formed in a different layer of the SOI wafer, the blades (2, 3) being arranged in two different substantially parallel planes, the blades (2, 3) being separated by a clearance (7); growing a first silicon oxide layer on the surface of at least one of the blades (2, 3) bordering the clearance, the first silicon oxide layer being formed from a first sub-layer of silicon of the one or more blades (2, 3); and removing the first silicon oxide layer to increase the clearance (7) between the two blades (2, 3).

A method for manufacturing a watch component is a method for manufacturing a watch component that is formed of an austenitized ferritic stainless steel including a base portion formed by a ferrite phase and a surface layer formed by an austenitized phase obtained by austenitizing the ferrite phase. The method includes a first processing step for forming a thinned portion by providing a step in a base material formed of a ferritic stainless steel, a heat treatment step for performing nitrogen absorption treatment on the base material to form the surface layer on an outer surface side of the base portion, and a second processing step for providing a hole portion in the thinned portion.

A method for producing a timepiece spring includes the following steps: producing a piece based on silicon, having the desired shape of the timepiece spring; thermally oxidising the piece; deoxidising the piece; annealing the piece in a reducing atmosphere; forming a silicon oxide layer on the piece.

A micromechanical timepiece, and a method for making the same, having a plurality of mutually secured functional sub-assemblies stacked in a direction (Z) to form a multistage assembly, wherein each functional sub-assembly comprises a single semiconductor material and is secured to another sub-assembly via bridges made of the semiconductor material, and in that at least one sub-assembly comprises at least two portions, the portions being movable relative to each other and relative to another sub-assembly to which at least one of the portions is secured via at least one deformable link integrally formed between the portions.

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 enameling 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.

A process for blanking an applique for a watch dial, comprises a step of blanking with a laser beam a first part of the outline of this applique, defining a pointed zone or/and a thin groove of at least a first hollow or/and the point or/and the drawn-out portion of at least a first projecting part, and a step of blanking by means of a stamp a second part of said outline which is complementary with the first part. This hybrid blanking technology makes it possible to obtain appliques having, at the end of the blanking process according to the invention, an outline which defines at least one hollow having a pointed zone or/and a thin groove or/and which defines at least one projecting part forming a point or/and a drawn-out portion with configurations and particular dimensions that cannot be obtained by blanking merely by stamping.