Which movement do you consider when buying a watch?
2023-10-22
The movement is an important part of a watch and can be compared to the heart of a human being, without which the watch will not function properly. There are many types of movements, and for those who are not familiar with watches, it is difficult to distinguish between the various types. Here we will focus on the more mainstream automatic mechanical movement watches, manual mechanical movement watches, quartz movement and electronic movement watches to see what are the advantages and disadvantages of each of them? Not to be exhaustive, but to be revealing. As early as 1770, Swiss watchmaker Bertram invented the automatic mechanical watch for use on pocket watches, after which the design was improved by Breguet. An automatic watch can be referred to as an Automatic Watch, which, as the name suggests, does not require a battery as a source of power to keep the watch going. An automatic Mechanical Watch is a modification of a manual mechanical watch that incorporates an oscillating weight that rotates in response to wrist movements to wind the watch as we wear it on a daily basis. Most of the mechanical watches with the word "Automatic" on the dial are automatic mechanical watches, which is also one of the ways to quickly recognize an automatic mechanical watch when choosing a watch. The charm of automatic mechanical watches lies in its complexity, which can reflect the sense of power, and now the people who choose automatic mechanical watches have long been gender-neutral. A well-made mechanical watch can be pleasing to the eye, thus achieving the role of enhancing the owner's taste and bringing about an aristocratic temperament. The convenience of automatic mechanical watch is that it not only does not need to change the battery and do not need to wind up, the appearance is more texture compared to quartz movement (depending on the brand), there are some brands are also very thin, but most of them are manually wound. The movement has a longer service life. Manual winding of the watch is also an option. However, its shortcomings are also more obvious, there is an error in timekeeping, or even a larger error. Less than a few dozen seconds a day, more than a few minutes. It is precisely because to make the mechanical watch timekeeping accurate is a highly technical work, so every make the watch timekeeping more accurate a step, the watchmaking industry spent the effort will rise exponentially, the selling price is also the same. For the same brand, a chronometer is several times more expensive than an ordinary one, and a tourbillon can be dozens and dozens of times more expensive. And the progress in timekeeping accuracy may be just a change of ten seconds to one second. What is a manual mechanical watch? Manual mechanical watch compared to automatic mechanical watch wear need to manually usually by rotating the crown, to tighten the clockwork inside the watch, the clockwork system releases kinetic energy to drive the watch timekeeping function. All these processes are accomplished by mechanical principles and construction. It was once a staple in recent times and is still produced, but not as much as the automatic. Manual generally speaking every morning when the strings are freshly wound and full of course the watch is at its best in all indicators and the timekeeping is also accurate. But once the strings are loosened at night, it is difficult to keep the watch running at a high level of accuracy. Without the automatic tourbillon in the way, the fine polish of the movement can be better displayed, and the watch can be made lighter and thinner. People with less movement are also suitable for hand winding, of course, this is due to the low winding efficiency of many watches. For hand-wound mechanical watches, please make it a habit to wind the watch by hand every day on time, in order to even out the elasticity of the spring and to maintain the maximum power. Hand-wound mechanical watches are similar to automatic mechanical watches in terms of movement structure, but unlike automatic mechanical watches, they need to be wound up every day, and in the process of winding, the clockwork will make a clicking sound, which makes them more playful. Manual mechanical watches need to be wound up in a controlled time, which is slightly less convenient. Quartz Watch probably began to appear in the 80s of the last century, quartz watch is one of the types of wristwatches, the English is quartz watch, and its main feature is the use of high-level frequency quartz oscillator, said its accuracy and electronic watch compared to a lot higher, according to the relevant data show that a high precision quartz watch error within ± 1.5s per day, that is, a month within 45s, the quality of excellent quartz watch, the quartz watch error is ± 1.5s. According to the relevant data, a quartz watch with high precision has an error of ±1.5s per day, which is one month within 45s, and a quartz watch with excellent quality has an error of ±0.5s per day. At the same time quartz watch it adopts the advanced motor mechanical manufacturing method to indicate the time, although not as simple as the processing method of the electronic watch, but it can produce a kind of accurate time through the simple cover, the whole device and the mechanical watch has quite a large degree of similarity, the quartz watch function is also a little less. The accuracy is high, (almost 100 times higher than the mechanical watch), the error is from -30 seconds to +30 seconds per month, it is convenient to use, and you don't need to take too much care of it when choosing a quartz watch, which is especially suitable for ladies and middle-aged and old people to wear. Mechanical automatic watches, on the other hand, are often stopped from time to time due to insufficient movement of the watch, which is a common problem. The price advantage over mechanical watches is about 20% to 30% cheaper.
