Watch Movements

Watch Movements

Most people are very much vain with how they look. Along with the proper dress, the right accessories are the next big things that people are most concerned about. Watches are one of them. We all know for a fact that watches are very much a necessity for everybody, especially for someone who is always on the go. But has it ever crossed you mind to think about watch movements? More often than not, most people mistakenly think that watch movements are not at all necessary to be concerned about. This may partly be true. But then again, learning the basics of watch movements won’t hurt at all, right?

There are basically four known types of watch movements that one can clearly note with regards to watches. These four types are mechanical movements, turning-fork movements, electronic movements and the radio-controlled movements. But before we further discuss about the different types of watch movements, let us first define what a watch movement is. A watch movement is the mechanism that basically measures the passages of the time as well as its displays. The presence of the date, the month and the day are sometimes visible on some watches.

Mechanical Movements- These are the types of watch movements that are still very popular up to this day, especially on collectible and expensive watches like Omega, Rolex, Tag Heuer, and Fortis. They are apparently the best mechanically engineered movements up to today. Along with this mechanism, the watches that have this mechanism, like the Rolex watch movement, are the best as far as craftsmanship is concerned. Lately though, less emphasis is actually being given to time precision especially with the birth of highly technical devices like personal digital assistants or the PDA’s, laptops, mobile phones and the likes. Because of which, these mechanically engineered watches are more less valued for timepieces yet highly worthy to be considered as pieces of jewelry.

Watches that are mechanically engineered do not really give exact time, causing some errors with its second hands. They are very much sensitive to its temperature as well as the position and not to mention that they are very expensive to produce. These types of watch movements need regular adjustments and maintenance, which is prone to much failure. This is practically the main reason why most people prefer having the electronically engineered watches because they are safer to use with its accurate timekeeping.

Electronic Movements- These are the watch movements that has very few moving parts, while there are some watches that really do not show any parts that are moving at all. Piezoelectrice effect is practically what most modern electronically-engineered watches make use of. Specific examples of these are the quartz watches. These are considered the most efficient in giving the precise time of the day, which explains why they are the most commonly used types of watches up to today.

Radio-controlled Movements- These types of watch movements include radio signals that are mostly driven by clocks, specifically the atomic clocks. Because of the fact that radio signals are being used with these types, accuracy of the time is almost a hundred percent precise.

Tuning-Fork Movements- First introduced by one of the leading watch manufacturers, Bulova, the tuning fork engineering uses a 360-hertz tuning fork for driving a certain mechanical watch. Instead of the traditionally used balance wheels, the watches that have the tuning fork movements naturally hum than they typical tick.

Now that you have learn just a little bit of the basics of watch movements, perhaps you will now not have a hard time in choosing the proper watches for you. Before you buy yourself these timepieces, share to your dealers what watches are you most comfortable with and they are more than willing to help you choose what is best for you.

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