10 Main parts of a watch
10 Main Parts of a Watch First, let’s go through the main watch parts that you'll find on most timepieces. Then, we’ll cover the watch band and finish up with some common watch complications. Bezel The bezel of a watch is the outer ring that holds the watch crystal in place. Watch bezels can be fixed and plain, or they can be rotating and functional. Bezel functionality ranges from distinctly decorative to monitoring elapsed time and even calculating speeds across distances. View our guide to watch bezels to learn more about this important part of every timepiece. Case The case is the housing of a watch’s contents. Watch cases can be made from a wide range of materials including metal, plastic or ceramic. Rarer metals, like gold and silver, may also be used to create watch cases. And here at Nixon, we even make use of recycled plastic for cases on some of our sustainable watch models . Crown The crown is the small knob that pokes out from the side of a watch. To...