A mechanical watch is a watch that uses a clockwork mechanism to measure the passage of time, as opposed to quartz watches which function using the vibration...

vibrating quartz crystal. By the 1980s the quartz watch had taken over most of the market from the mechanical watch. Historically, this is called the quartz revolution...

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...

horological terms, a complication in a mechanical watch is a special feature that causes the design of the watch movement to become more complicated. Examples...

machine labor instead of human or animal labor Mechanical watch, utilizing a non-electric mechanism Mechanical engineering, a branch of engineering concerned...

the 15th century. The watch was developed by inventors and engineers from the 16th century to the mid-20th century as a mechanical device, powered by winding...

A watch timing machine or timegrapher is a machine that acoustically measures the ticks of a mechanical watch to assess its accuracy and enable calibration...

back of wrist watches to indicate how well a watch copes with mechanical shocks. In a mechanical watch, it indicates that the delicate pivots that hold...

term originated with mechanical timepieces, whose clockwork movements are made of many moving parts. The movement of a digital watch is more commonly known...

water resistance) guarantees a very high-quality mechanical watch for the end customer. Mechanical watches can be first COSC ISO 3159 "Chronometer" certified...