A method for assembling at least a first element and a second element to form, once assembled, an external component for a portable device, including the steps of: a) making the first element; b) making the second element; c) arranging at least a first groove in the first element and at least a second groove in the second element; d) placing and holding the first and second element end-to-end with at least a third connecting element which is inserted and locked in the first and second grooves.

A method for assembling at least a first element and a second element to form, once assembled, an external component for a portable device, including the steps of: a) making the first element; b) making the second element; c) arranging at least a first groove in the first element and at least a second groove in the second element; d) placing and holding the first and second element end-to-end with at least a third connecting element which is inserted and locked in the first and second grooves.

A watch outer packaging component is a watch outer packaging component formed of austenitized ferritic stainless steel including a base formed of a ferrite phase and a surfacing layer formed of an austenitized phase in which the ferrite phase is austenitized, the watch outer packaging component abutting on a sealing member that partitions between a space inside a watch and a space outside the watch, wherein the surfacing layer includes an outer surfacing layer provided at an outer surface facing the space outside the watch, and an inner surfacing layer provided at an inner surface facing the space inside the watch, and the inner surfacing layer is thinner in thickness than the outer surfacing layer.

A watch outer packaging component is a watch outer packaging component formed of austenitized ferritic stainless steel including a base formed of a ferrite phase and a surfacing layer formed of an austenitized phase in which the ferrite phase is austenitized, the watch outer packaging component abutting on a sealing member that partitions between a space inside a watch and a space outside the watch, wherein the surfacing layer includes an outer surfacing layer provided at an outer surface facing the space outside the watch, and an inner surfacing layer provided at an inner surface facing the space inside the watch, and the inner surfacing layer is thinner in thickness than the outer surfacing layer.

The invention relates to a timepiece component made of composite material including at least one reinforcement and one matrix, the reinforcement having a three-dimensional honeycomb structure with a plurality of cells into which the matrix is injected. The invention also concerns a method for manufacturing such a timepiece component.

The invention relates to a timepiece component made of composite material including at least one reinforcement and one matrix, the reinforcement having a three-dimensional honeycomb structure with a plurality of cells into which the matrix is injected. The invention also concerns a method for manufacturing such a timepiece component.

A watch external part of the present invention is equipped with a substrate and a coating formed using an aerosol deposition method. The coating is selectively provided at a portion of a site observable in a state with the watch external part incorporated in a watch. The substrate is made of a material including one type or two or more types selected from a group consisting of sapphire glass, quartz, and plastic. The watch external part is further equipped with a ground layer having at least one layer between the substrate and the coating.

The disclosure relates to a ceramic shell, a mobile terminal and a method for manufacturing the ceramic shell. The ceramic shell includes a multi-layer ceramic blank sheet including a plurality of alternately overlapped ceramic blank sheets having at least one white ceramic blank sheet overlapped with at least one color ceramic blank sheet, wherein two of the plurality of alternately overlapped ceramic blank sheets on an outermost side of the multi-layer ceramic blank sheet are both white ceramic blank sheets.

A particle mixture having: ZrO.sub.2+HfO.sub.2+Y.sub.2O.sub.3+CeO.sub.2; 0%≤Al.sub.2O.sub.3≤1.5%; other oxides than ZrO.sub.2, HfO.sub.2, Y.sub.2O.sub.3, CeO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2O.sub.3: between 0.5% and 12%. The contents of Y.sub.2O.sub.3 and CeO.sub.2, on the basis of the sum of ZrO.sub.2, HfO.sub.2, Y.sub.2O.sub.3 and CeO.sub.2, being such that 1.8%≤Y.sub.2O.sub.3≤3% and 0.1%≤CeO.sub.2≤0.9%. The mixture includes between 0.5% and 10% of particles of an oxide pigment. The content of other oxides and which are not included in the oxide pigment being less than 2%. The particles of the oxide pigment including, for more than 95%, of a material chosen from: oxide(s) of perovskite structure or equivalent of precursor(s) of these oxides, oxides of spinal structure or an equivalent amount of precursor(s) of these oxides, and oxides of hematite structure E.sub.2O.sub.3, oxides of rutile structure FO.sub.2, with “E” and “F” being chosen.

A system for authenticating a timepiece including an electronic device including an interface for the visual and/or sound broadcasting of information and an image acquisition module, as well as a server including a database including reference digital identifying elements, the system including a wireless and/or wired network architecture connecting the electronic device to the server.