
| m | meters (but:30m=30 minutes!) |
| man | manual winding |
| Mark | Name for Pilot watches |
| MDM | Montre des Montres(*1980) |
| Memovox | Memory Voice |
| MEZ | Mitteleuropäische Zeit |
| MHz | Mega-Hertz |
| midsize | medium size (diameter about 30-35 mm) |
| mil | military |
| mint | like new |
| ML | Maurice Lacroix |
| MSR | Manufactures D´Horlogerie Suisse Réunies (*1961) |
| Mvt | Movement |
| MZM | Movado Zenith Mondia (Holding, *1969, + |
| NAWCC | National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors |
| NIB | New in box |
| NIHS | Normes de l´Industrie Horlogàre Suisse |
| Nivarox | NIcht VARiabel, OXidabel (Non-variable, oxidable) |
| NOS | New old stock |
| NP | Neupreis |
| p.m. | post meridiem |
| PD | Porsche Design |
| PH | Pierres Holding ( --> ASUAG 1968) |
| PP | Patek Philippe (*1839) |
| PR (by Tissot) | Pressure |
| Pt (by Tissot) | Platinium |
| PVD | Physical Vapour Deposition |
| PUW | Pforzheimer Uhrenwerke (+70ties) |
| Quartz | Quartz controlled movement |
| Rattrapante | Chronograph with two stop second hands |
| rd | redial |
| Ref. | Reference (ID#) |
| Robergé | Robert (Maubassin), Genève |
| Rolex | hoROLogy EXquisite |
| S.A. | Société Anonyme / Actionnaire |
| S/G | Steel/Gold |
| SB | StahlBand |
| Schleppzeiger | --> Rattrappante |
| SCW | Swiss Classic Watches (Private label) |
| SIHH | Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (Genève, *1993) |
| SMH | Société suisse de Microélectronique et Horlogerie (*1984) |
| Split Second | --> Rattrappante |
| SS | Stainless steel |
| SSIH | Société Suisse pour l´Industrie Horlogère (*1930 --> SMH 1984) |
| St | Steel |
| Swatch | S(wiss) Watch (*1983) |
| T | Tritium |
| Tachymeter | Speed-indicating scale |
| TAG | Techniques d´Avant-Garde |
| Ti | Titanium |
| Tit. | Titanium |
| ANTERIOR |