There are two kinds of watches, mechanical watches and quartz watches.
But I believe that there are many people respectively can not come out what is a mechanical watch, what is a quartz watch, so today Xiaobian will tell you what is the difference between a mechanical watch and a quartz watch.
It is widely believed that the operating life of mechanical watches is longer than that of quartz watches.
But that’s not necessarily the case, because all the moving parts in a quartz watch are the same as in a mechanical watch.
The life of the electronic parts has not been fully tested, but they are likely to have the same life.
The main difference between quartz watches and mechanical watches is the use of what kind of energy source to drive the movement of the watch core.
How a mechanical watch works: A mechanical watch has a spiral.
When people wind the watch, the helix is also tightened.
When the helix is released, it begins to drive the movement of the watch core.
Mechanical watch is a major disadvantage of the spiral speed of movement is inconsistent, resulting in a decrease in timing accuracy.
Accuracy is also affected by factors such as temperature, location, wear and tear on parts, and other factors.
Therefore, when a mechanical watch has an error of 15-30 seconds a day, it can be regarded as normal.
The minimum error can be as little as 4-5 seconds.
How a quartz watch works: A quartz watch uses a battery as its energy source.
The battery outputs power to the electronic block in the watch and the electric motor.
Every second the electronic block outputs a pulse wave to the motor, which pushes the needle to run.
Because quartz crystal can provide the most stable pulse wave, it can guarantee the highest accuracy (generally between 15 and 25 seconds per month;
The smallest margin of error is five seconds a year).
Because there is quartz crystal inside, so the watch is also named quartz watch.
Plus, a battery can run for years without stopping, so there’s no need to wind a watch like this.
In general, mechanical watches are much more expensive than quartz watches.
This is because mechanical watches require precise manual time adjustment during their manufacture, while quartz watches are usually assembled on automatic production lines.
