Chamfer Chamfering is a technique by which a furrow or groove is cut. In clock- and watchmaking, it refers to bevelling (i.e. creation of a sloping edge) or cutting of a furrow to craft decorative features; examples include chamfered apertures, chamfered minute and hour hands, and the chamfered corners of clock cases. In carpentry, to chamfer is to cut away the wood to produce a right-angled edge or corner, or to make a symmetrical sloping edge. For examples of chamfered features on early British timekeepers, see the corners of the clock case on the Red Turtleshell Table Clock made by Daniel Quare around 1700, and the delicately chamfered foliate hour hand on the dial of the Gold Cylinder Watch, made by George Graham and hallmarked 1733. Both timekeepers are exhibited on Clocktime.
