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  • Vulcanization accelerators
  • Dispersed allergens and carcinogenic dyes
  • Alkylphenols and Alkylphenols ethoxylates
  • Aromatic amines and azo dyes
  • FT-IR analysis
  • ICP-OES Analysis
  • GC-MS Analysis
  • Headspace GC-MS Analysis
  • REACH & RoHS Analysis
  • Biocides
  • Bisphénols
  • Chlorophenols
  • Chromium VI
  • Allergenic and carcinogenic disperse dyes
  • Regulated fluorinated compounds
  • Azo dyes / Aromatic amines
  • Volatile organic compounds
  • DMF (N,N-Dimethylformamide)
  • DMFu (Dimethylfumarate)
  • Anion-cation determination by ion chromatography
  • Latex protein assay
  • Metal determination in solution by ICP-OES
  • Formaldehyde
  • Glutaraldehyde
  • PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
  • Isocyanates
  • Nickel release according to EN 1811
  • Extractable metals
  • Restricted metals
  • RoHS Metals
  • Tanning metals
  • Navy blue dye
  • Nitrosamines
  • Organotin chemistry
  • Chlorinated paraffins
  • pH
  • Phthalates
  • Radioactivity
  • Allergen screening by GC-MS
  • Screening of halogenated solvents
  • SVHC screening
  • Siloxanes
  • Sulfur and Carbon
  • UV stabilizers
  • SVHC – 6,6-di-tert-butyl-2,2-methylenedi-p-cresol
  • Flame retardants

Material characterisation


  • Metal analysis (stainless steel, brass, titanium, inconel, precious metals, etc.)
  • Asbestos analysis
  • EDX/EDS analysis (qualitative and semi-quantitative)
  • Inconel Analysis
  • Brass analysis
  • MIM density
  • Determination of pigment content
  • Determination of solid content
  • Knoop Hardness
  • Shore hardness (A and D)
  • Vickers hardness
  • Kinetic energy of breaking ice
  • Metallographic examination (stainless steel, brass, titanium, cermet, etc.)
  • Optical examination of inclusions
  • Metallographic examination of stainless steel
  • Lab colorimetric measurement
  • Traction-compression force measurement
  • Granulometry measurement
  • Roughness measurement
  • Transmittance measurement
  • Reflectance measurement
  • SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) thickness measurement
  • Optical thickness measurements
  • LAB measurements
  • SEM observations and analyses
  • Surface contamination research
  • Resistance to magnetic fields
  • Grain size
  • Glass transition temperature Tg
  • Cupellation

Climatic aging tests


  • Adhesive adhesion
  • Coating adhesion
  • Oxidizing agents
  • Thermal stress
  • Metal contamination
  • Leak-tightness/Microleak detection
  • Salt spray corrosion
  • Heat-humidity corrosion
  • Swimming pool water corrosion
  • Salt water corrosion
  • Corrosion with sulfur agents (Thioacetamide or flower of sulfur)
  • Sweat blotting-cotton corrosion (ISO and acid)
  • Corrosion sweat spray
  • Aging climate cycles (-40°C +40°C/ 0-98% RH)
  • Light decay
  • Permanently deformable elastomer
  • Hydrolysis
  • Color migration
  • Sweat blotting color migration
  • Ozone for rubber/elastomer
  • Solar radiation / UV
  • Water drop resistance
  • Resistance to cosmetics
  • Resistance to magnetic fields
  • Solvent resistance
  • Synthetic sweats
  • Kubelka test
  • Transport test
  • Testing according to your specifications (when possible)

Mechanical aging tests


  • Sand-blocking rotating bezel
  • Breakage bracelet
  • Pendulum sheep shocks
  • Oriented shocks from 50g to 200g
  • Chappuis Chocs (small random chocs 25-100g)
  • Freefall shocks
  • Fall on gravel
  • Reese's Law mechanical testing
  • Waterproofing
  • Underwater function
  • Link tearing force
  • Bezel wear rotation
  • Screw tightening / loosening torque measurement
  • Traction-compression force measurement
  • Measurement and control of play, deflection and torsion angle of bracelets
  • Pin and insert extraction force measurement
  • Alternating wrist movements
  • Disorderly movements
  • Folding
  • Vertical compressive strength
  • Fine scratches
  • Traction stress test
  • Rotation of the rotating bezel
  • Passing break
  • Handbag
  • Drum soiling with cleaning cycles
  • Dry leather dye fastness
  • Dye fastness on humid leather (Veslic test)
  • Dye fastness to synthetic sweat leather
  • Skin color fastness
  • Holding of reported elements
  • Wear test according to EN-12472
  • Tension – compression
  • Traction – flexion
  • Traction – repetitive
  • Traction – torsion
  • Wear of crown and crown seal functions
  • Clasp rotation wear
  • Multidirectional abrasion wear
  • Anti-reflective wear on glass
  • Loop wear (edge ​​tinting fastness)
  • Wear clasp / mobile element on box
  • Passing wear
  • Tappet wear
  • Handbag wear
  • Turbula or Polyservice wear
  • Hinge joint wear
  • Gearbox attachment wear
  • Buckle wear
  • Wear EN 12472
  • Usure fermoir ouverture/fermeture
  • Rotating friction wear
  • Usure mousqueton ouverture/fermeture
  • Wear opening bangle
  • Wear opening Velcro system
  • Wear of rotation/pulling of crown in dynamic sealing
  • “Alpa” earring system wear
  • Y-collar system wear
  • Dry/sweat/wet veslic
  • Vibrations
  • Low frequency vibrations
  • Aging sweeper brush
  • Aging of road friction and time-setting mechanism
  • Aging of the automatic winding system
  • Aging push button function under dynamic sealing
  • Date aging by rapid correction
  • Aging rotation box

Packaging tests


  • Horizontal impact tests
  • Vertical impacts by free fall
  • Package compression according to ASTM D642
  • Climate conditions test
  • Fixed low-frequency vibrations

Consulting, Testing, Certifications


  • Consulting
  • Advice on choosing materials
  • Conseils construction
  • Advice on surface treatment, bonding, assembly, welding, etc...
  • Test method development
  • Certification
  • Monitoring of tests via Timetests sensor (temperature, humidity, shocks, magnetism, UV, pressure, etc.)
  • REACH
  • Reese’s Law
  • RoHS