A timepiece includes a movement and a dial. The movement includes a first hand shaft to which a first hand is attached, a second hand shaft to which a second hand is attached, and an escapement speed control mechanism including a balance and a balance bush configured to support the balance pivotally. The dial includes a lower plate and an upper plate. The lower plate includes a lower plate ring portion and a frame portion. The upper plate includes an upper plate ring portion and a bridge portion. A lower plate opening is formed in the lower plate. An upper plate opening is formed in the upper plate. At least part of the frame portion is provide below the upper plate opening. At least part of the lower plate opening is provided below the upper plate opening. The bridge portion includes a first through hole and a second through hole into which the first hand shaft and the second hand shaft can be inserted, respectively, and a third through hole formed at a position overlapping with the balance bush in plan view.

A dial for a watch, in particular a wristwatch, having a disk with a surface on which information is arranged. Some of the information is transparent, said transparent information being visible or at least nearly invisible according to the viewing angle. The dial of the invention has a simple and yet sophisticated look. Furthermore, the dial allows a watchmaker's name to be shown without same significantly impacting the look.

A watch dial includes a base material made of metal with a surface having unevenness formed by machining, a first coloring film formed at the surface of the base material by a dry plating method, and including a stack of at least one layer of an oxide film or a fluoride film, and at least one layer of a metal layer, and a second coloring film formed on a part of the first coloring film by coating. The watch dial includes unevenness formed on the base material, the first coloring film formed by a dry plating method, and the second coloring film formed by coating, and thus can achieve new and complex expression, and improve the aesthetics of the watch dial and the watch.

The method for manufacturing a timepiece movement component (1) having at least a first portion comprising a surface (11), in particular an upper surface, includes etching (E3) the surface (11) of the timepiece movement component (1) or of a blank (1a) of the timepiece movement component (1) in order to form at least one cavity (7); and depositing a material (E4) in the at least one cavity (7).

To provide a timepiece dial and a timepiece capable of forming a surface decoration due to unevenness on a substrate and to facilitate polishing work on a substrate surface. A timepiece dial includes a first substrate on which an index protrudes from a first main surface, and a second substrate overlapped on the first main surface. A through hole through which the index is inserted and exposed is formed in the second substrate. A surface decoration having unevenness is formed on the second substrate.

A method for marking a product (1) with a photoluminescent mark, said mark comprising a photoluminescent portion (10) which is transparent under normal light conditions and revealed by photoluminescence under UV illumination, said mark further comprising a non photoluminescent portion (9) which is transparent under normal light conditions as well as under UV illumination, said method comprising: deposing on said product a stack, said stack comprising alternatively layers (2, 4), such as AlN, with a thickness of less than 1 micron and layers (3) of a second material, such as GaN, with a thickness of less than 10 nm; raising the transparency of said non photoluminescent portion (10) with a deposition of transparent material (6) or incorporation of ions into said non photoluminescent portions.

Dial assembly for a timepiece, comprising a base plate on which feet are fixed, and supporting a three-dimensional decoration which comprises at least one offset element at a remove from the base plate and fixed to the base plate through at least one foot, and which comprises at least one bush provided to be pressed in on an upper support abutting on a shoulder which this foot comprises, the dial assembly comprising a removable fitting which is used for pressing in all the bushes which the dial assembly comprises, and comprising, opposite a lower support which each foot comprises, a support pin of this lower support.

An apparatus is disclosed that includes a combination of a time indicator and a work of art. The time indicator matches or blends into the work of art such that an observer may even be unaware, at least at first, that a working clock has been integrated into a work of art. The work of art includes a scene. The scene includes a depiction of a clock at a location within the scene. The apparatus includes a backing having a display side. The work of art is mounted to the display side. The at least one time indicator is positioned over the depiction of the clock at the location within the scene. A clock mechanism is connected to the at least one time indicator to drive a display of time by the at least one time indicator.

A method for manufacturing an item (1) including a through-decoration (2) filled with an enamel (3) to form a plique--jour enamel. The method includes: obtaining a blank (5) defined with an upper face (5a) and a lower face (5b) opposite the upper face (5a); removing part of the blank (5) from the upper face (5a) to produce a decoration (2a) that does not pass through to the lower face (5b) or, alternatively, in the previous step, obtaining said blank (5) directly with the non-through decoration (2a); depositing one or more layers of enamel (3) within the non-through decoration (2a) and firing the enamel (3) after each 10 layer has been deposited; machining, preferably by grinding, the lower face (5b) to reveal the enamel (3) and thus produce the item (1) with the through-decoration (2) filled with enamel (3).

A method for engraving and texturing an item (1) including a decoration (2) filled at least partially with an enamel (3), the method including a laser ablation step using a femtosecond or picosecond laser on the surface of the enamel (3) and/or within the enamel (3) to produce a structure (7).