terminology question, date windows

uhrensohn

Date windows in watches come most typically in three forms. The simplest is just a cut-out. Then there is a framed window, often used as a window to give the dial some balance, especially with applied indices/digits. And then there is this thing in the pictures, which is sort of in-between, giving a cut-out a more textured appearance. What is the name of this? I am pretty sure I have come across the name once, but I have forgotten...

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KristianG
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I've usually heard it called a beveled edge. 

uhrensohn
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KristianG

I've usually heard it called a beveled edge. 

Thanks - that was not the term I have heard though, which may have been chamfered. Could have also been something French-sounding.

KristianG
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uhrensohn

Thanks - that was not the term I have heard though, which may have been chamfered. Could have also been something French-sounding.

Chamfered edge is also correct, it's like indexes vs. indices vs. markers, a matter of preference.