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# Surface expertise for the watch industry

## The FILAB laboratory carries out surface expertise for the watchmaking industry

### What is surface surveying?

Surface analysis is a method of analysing the composition and structure of surface materials, such as thin films, films, coatings and interfaces.

### How can surface expertise help the watch industry?

Knowledge of the **properties and surface conditions** of a material can help you adapt your manufacturing processes. Thus, it is possible to implement surface treatment or cleaning processes. The support of a specialised laboratory will provide you with the expertise and multi-layer analysis tools necessary to optimise your performance.

## Our services and techniques for customised surface analysis

For more than 20 years, FILAB has had the experience and specific analytical equipment to meet the needs of surface analysis and characterisation on all types of materials (metallic, polymer, ceramic). FILAB has the following surface analysis techniques:

  [SEM-EDX](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-sem-scanning-electron-microscopy.md) [Optical Microscope](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-of-analysis-and-observation-by-optical-microscope-mo.md) [AFM](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-tof-sims.md) [TOF-SIMS](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-tof-sims.md) [XPS](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-xps-esca.md)
Thanks to its tailor-made support, the FILAB laboratory analysis your industrial surface problems and advises you on the interpretation of the results.

## Our services

[Analysis of the chemical composition of the surface of a material](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization/laboratory-analysis-surface-chemistry.md)

[Morphological study](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/polymer-materials-analysis-laboratory/laboratory-material-characterization/laboratory-analysis-morphology/) of the surface of a material (porosity, roughness,...)

[Measuring the thickness of surface layers](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization/multi-layer-analysis-of-material-surfaces-in-the-laboratory.md)

[Surface topography analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization/analysis-surface-topography.md)

[Study of failures](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-failures.md) and surface defects (cracks, breaks, migration, corrosion, etc.)

[Development and validation of surface treatment processes](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization/validation-of-surface-treatment-processes.md)

[Training in surface analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/rd/laboratory-analytical-chemistry-training/training-surface-analysis.md)

Analysis and characterisation of [surface treatment](https://filab.fr/en/our-technical-resources/laboratory-analysis-sem-scanning-electron-microscopy/laboratory-of-surface-analysis-by-scanning-electron-microscope-sem.md)

[Identification of surface pollution](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-expertise-services/laboratory-analysis-deposit-contamination.md) (analysis of particles, deposits, etc.)

Characterisation of surface treatment baths

[Characterisation of surface conditions](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization.md)

[Cleaning process validation](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/rd/life-cycle-of-an-analytical-method-in-the-laboratory/laboratory-analytical-method-validation/validation-of-laboratory-analysis-methods-according-to-the-ich-q2-standard/)

[Extreme surface analysis](https://filab.fr/en/our-services/our-analysis-services/laboratory-surface-characterization/laboratory-analysis-outermost-surface.md)