Watch Movements in Existence
October 27th, 2009 by Oscar Messina
It is very important before you buy a watch that you know all existing kinds of watch movements. They are : Quartz Watches, Manual Wind Watches , and Automatic Watches(Self-Winding )
QUARTZ WATCHES:
These watches are operated with battery and do not need a lot of maintenance . Usually the battery needs to be replaced once a year of every two years.. There is also a special kind of quartz that can be called a hybrid, because it is automatic and quartz at the same time. It has an electrical generator that gets charged with the movement of the arm. . These type of watches are made by Japanese or Swiss companies such as Seiko, Tissot , and Omega under model names called “Kinetic”, “Autoquartz”or “Omegamatic . The last kind of Quartz watches are charged with the sun’s energy. These solar watches have solar cells located on the dial that charge the watch mechanism. The most popular of these solar watches is without doubt the Citizen “Eco-Drive”.
MANUAL WIND WATCHES:
These were the first type of movement made . In other words it can be said that they are the classic movements. For this reason they are very desirable by watch enthusiasts. These watches need to be manually wound usually once a day. Once the watch is wound it will keep a power reserve to the next winding. In such cases in more expensive models they can keep up to 18 days or more of power reserve and usually have a power reserve indicator. These expensive models made by Swiss Brands such as Jaeger-Lecoultre and Franck Muller can cost higher than $500,000 depending on their complications.
AUTOMATIC WATCHES:
These type of watches are automatically or self-wound, there is not need for the wearer to manually wind the crown. Hence, the name automatic watches(self-winding). The watch charges with the movement of the wearer’s arm or wrist. These watches like the manual winding , keep a power reserve of usually more than a day so that the wearer will not lose time . These watches are currently produced by most Swiss and some Japanese companies.
All these type of movements are good in a way. It really will depend on your taste. For example you may think that replacing the battery of the quartz movement could be annoying , for that reason automatic watches could be a good option. However , it is good to keep in mind that automatic movements need maintenance at least once every two years. In all cases the most important thing is to read the time accurately since time is the most valuable asset in the world.
Author and Expert in the field of buying and selling fine watches like Rolex Watches as well as Rolex Submariner Oscar Messina is owner of Messina Jewelers.
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