What is the difference between the movement types of watches?

According to the type of movement, there are mechanical watches (manual/automatic) and quartz watches.

The manual movement core is the movement that manually winds the crown.

Automatic movement is a kind of mechanical movement that adds an automatic winding system to the spring of the clockwork device, and it is automatically wound by the worn movement. The heavy metal or gold rotor is semicircular, connecting the middle of the movement and acting as a pendulum. A set of reduction gears with coupled rotors in pairs can continuously wind the spring in motion.

The time base of the chronograph movement is made of chronograph, and the battery provides power. The daily error of the timely movement is 0.0 1 sec, which is 10 times more accurate than the mechanical movement.

There is no good or bad choice. As a part that can be mass-produced and copied regularly, timely movement is widely used in entry-level brands and products. Like swatch, Tissot Longines.

As a precise mechanical device that stores, transmits and utilizes energy only through gear meshing, the mechanical movement tests the manufacturing process and technical level. Manual or automatic mechanical movements contain more parts than synchronous movements. Mainly relying on manual assembly, mechanical watches have risen from tools to handicrafts. General high-end brands or top Swiss watchmaking brands are proud of making their own mechanical movements. Jaeger-LeCoultre, Rolex and other brands that can produce their own products with parts are regarded as the benchmark of high-end watches. The price of mechanical watches is generally much higher than that of quartz watches.

For better or worse. Just to see if you know your needs. When buying quartz watches, they are generally used as tools. And mechanical watches, when you pay a higher price, you buy more feelings and recognition of precision machinery.