Quadrillage

The quadrillage ( French for 'grid, grid') is a grid in watchmaking , which divides an area into equal squares and is used for construction drawings of clocks and clock parts.

properties

A quadrillage is e.g. B. the grid of a graph . It serves as a grid for subdivision and for easier scaling of enlarged technical drawings , e.g. B. of clockworks .

literature

• Otto Böckle, Wilhelm Brauns: Textbook for the watchmaking trade. Work skills and materials. 8-10 Edition. Wilhelm Knapp, Halle (Saale) 1951 (reprint, edited by Michael Stern. Heel, Königswinter 2010, ISBN 978-3-86852-288-4 ).
• Hermann Brinkmann: Introduction to watchmaking (= The watchmaking school. Vol. 2). 10th unchanged edition. Wilhelm Knapp, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-87420-010-8 .
• George Daniels : Watchmaking. Updated 2011 edition. Philip Wilson Publishers, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-85667-704-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Georges-Albert Berner: Illustrated specialist dictionary of watchmaking. Keyword quadrillage (electronic version).