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Movements
The movement is the engine. It sets how accurate a watch is, how often it needs attention, whether it stops when you take it off — and much of what it is worth.
Automatic (Self-Winding)
A rotor winds the mainspring from your wrist motion.
Read →Manual (Hand-Wound)
You wind the crown; the purest mechanical experience.
Read →Quartz
A battery and a vibrating crystal — cheap and precise.
Read →Spring Drive
A mechanical mainspring regulated with quartz precision.
Read →Solar (Light-Powered)
Light charges a cell that can run for months in the dark.
Read →Meca-Quartz
Quartz timekeeping with a mechanical chronograph.
Read →Kinetic
Wrist motion generates electricity for a quartz movement.
Read →Tuning Fork (Accutron)
A humming fork instead of a ticking balance wheel.
Read →Digital (LCD/LED)
A quartz movement with a screen instead of hands.
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