FHH | Bottom Plate: Essential Component in Watchmaking

Bottom plate

底板 Bottom plate Platine

Glossary

Thematic Technic, Transmission

The plate which bears the various movement parts and in particular the bridges. The dial is usually affixed to the bottom side of the plate. The plate is pierced with holes for the screws and recesses for the jewels in which the pivots of the movement wheels will run.