Mechanical watch, quartz watch, or smartwatch, which would you choose?

2023-01-04

With the development of watches to this day, many types have been derived. The common types are mechanical watches, quartz watches, electronic watches, and smartwatches. Smartwatches are a new type of watch that has emerged in recent years. They can be connected to mobile phones and bring great convenience to life. Mechanical watches and quartz watches have been developed for many years, and many classic styles have been produced, which are deeply loved by users. If you needed to buy a watch, which type would you choose? As a watch manufacturer, we have a deep understanding of watches, and we will analyze the differences between the three types of watches below.

Advantages and disadvantages of mechanical watches

1. Advantages and disadvantages of mechanical watches

Mechanical watches are divided into manual mechanical watches and automatic mechanical watches. Manual mechanical watch, hand-wound movement, by turning the crown of the watch, the mainspring in the watch movement is fully wound, and after the mainspring is completely exhausted, the gears are driven to run, and the hands are pushed to travel time. For automatic mechanical watches, the power of the self-winding movement is driven by the weight of the oscillating weight in the movement. When the arm wearing the watch swings, it will drive the oscillating weight to rotate, and at the same time drive the main spring in the watch to wind the watch and drive the time.

Unlike quartz watches, the movement time of mechanical watches is that the second hand of mechanical watches moves continuously without interruption. Due to the complexity of the mechanical watch movement, the travel time error is relatively large (depending on each brand). The general allowable range is ±45 seconds. The error of the observatory movement is relatively small, and the error within one day is normal within -4~+6 seconds. The travel time error of the mechanical watch cannot be accumulated, and the watch needs to be adjusted after a period of time. Fine workmanship, easy to use, fully wound up can run for more than 35 hours. The movement has a long service life. The appearance is thicker than quartz watches (depending on each brand), and some brands are also very thin, but they are generally manual mechanical watches.

Mechanical watches not only have the function of calculating time but also have a certain collection value. Because the process of mechanical watches is complicated and the service life is very long, many users who love watches will collect some classic mechanical watches. However, the price of mechanical watches is relatively expensive. If the budget is sufficient, you can consider buying them. If the economy is not rich enough, it is recommended to choose a quartz watch.

2. Advantages and disadvantages of quartz watches

The second hand of the quartz watch travels one frame at a time, and the travel time is very accurate. Generally, the monthly difference is required to be within 15 seconds. There are three needles and two needles. Integrated circuits are used in the movement, the structure is much simpler than that of mechanical watch movements, and the assembly is very simple. It is easy to use and does not need to be wound when worn, and a battery can generally be used for 2-3 years. However, some quartz watches use lithium batteries, which have a long service life and can be used for about 7-8 years. The price of quartz watches is relatively cheaper than that of mechanical watches (same brand and style), but some high-end brand quartz watches are expensive because of their good brands, good appearance materials (18K gold or diamonds or precious metals), and excellent appearance design, which makes some quartz watches more expensive than ordinary watches. Mechanical watches are much more expensive.

Advantages and disadvantages of smartwatches

3. Advantages and disadvantages of smartwatches

In addition to indicating time, smartwatches should also have one or more functions such as reminder, navigation, calibration, monitoring, and interaction; the display methods include pointers, numbers, images, etc. Rich functions, such as call reminder, message reminder function, heart rate monitoring function, sleep function, exercise step counting, calorie consumption, schedule management, alarm clock reminder, long standby time, long battery life, GPS positioning, track navigation, temperature and altitude, compass function. These are the unique functions of smartwatches. Health monitoring function and detection functions are the largest application functional applications of smartwatches. Smartwatches accurately locate health functions from development expenditures, which is what everyone just needs for smartwatches. Health is the greatest appeal of the human body and the core driving force to keep life evergreen. Heart rate monitoring, blood pressure testing, sleep quality testing, mood and fatigue monitoring, etc. are all closely related to health.

Smartwatches need to be charged every day or every two or three days, which is very different from mechanical watches and quartz watches. If you are afraid of trouble and often forget to charge, smartwatches are not recommended.

The above is the difference between the three watches, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, I hope it can help you. If you need customized watches, please get in touch with us. We are a Chinese watch manufacturer and can meet your various needs.