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An automatic watch, also known as a self-winding watch or simply an automatic, is a mechanical watch where the natural motion of the wearer provides energy to wind the mainspring, making manual winding unnecessary if worn enough. [1]
We tested 30 automatic watches to find the best ones for every wrist and budget. Powered by the energy of your own body, automatic watches provide a mechanical beauty in our digital world.
1930: Patent for a watch with window to display the date [24] 1930: Eugène Meylan's patent for automatic modules for watches (not Glycine's, but Meylan's personal patent, used in Glycine's first automatic watches) [2] [6] 1931: Patent for a fold-out lever crown to set the time [25] 1953: Patent for a 24-hour watch, used for the Airman [26]
In 1994, Timex acquired the Nautica Watches license and introduced Timex Data Link. The Data Link PDA-type watch could receive contact and scheduling information from a sequence in a computer monitor's light using software developed with Microsoft. [34] They introduced the Timex Expedition brand in 1997, designed for rugged outdoor sports.
Six-Piece Watch Winder. For passionate watch collectors with an ever-growing fleet of fine automatic timepieces, there are few high quality winders out there that can accommodate six watches at once.
In modern quartz watches, the timekeeper is a quartz crystal in an electronic circuit, powering a small stepper motor. Because of the small amount of torque needed to move the hands, there is almost no pressure on the bearings and no real gain by using a jewel bearing, hence they are not used in a large proportion of quartz movements.