How to tell the quality of a mechanical watch?

　　Compared to ordinary quartz watches, mechanical watches offer higher playability and are thus more favoured by many watch enthusiasts, with numerous friends prioritising mechanical watches when making a purchase. So how do we distinguish between good and bad mechanical watches? Today, Xiaoya will share the methods for identifying mechanical watch quality.

　　The definition of a mechanical watch

　　In layman's terms, a mechanical watch is not electronic, requires no battery replacement, and therefore has no power run-out worries. Visually alone, one can instantly tell a mechanical watch and a quartz watch apart: a quartz watch seconds hand ticks once per second, whilst a mechanical watch sweeps continuously without stopping. Its timekeeping relies on intricate internal mechanical mechanisms, requiring winding to provide the necessary power to ensure accuracy. As for precision, it is certainly not as fine as a quartz watch, with mechanical watch variance sitting at ±30 seconds per day, which has no impact whatsoever on daily wear.

　　Identifying the quality of mechanical watches

　　Mechanical watches are divided into automatic and manual-winding models. Manual models, as the name suggests, require manual winding by hand before the power runs out to ensure normal timekeeping. Automatic models in principle require no manual winding, provided normal daily wrist movement supplies sufficient energy, making them relatively more convenient than manual versions. Distinguishing between manual and automatic models is very simple: check the movement through the case back for a semi-circular centrifugal oscillating weight, which swings accordingly when you shake the watch.

　　Another "troublesome" aspect of mechanical watches is winding. For manual watches, many consider winding a particularly major hurdle; if one is not careful, they might forget, or fail to operate it properly, or even dare not "touch" it, causing the watch to stop. Of course, automatic models are not maintenance-free either; because everyone's daily wrist activity varies, automatic watches need to be worn for a certain duration, otherwise insufficient hand movement and inadequate mainspring barrel power reserves will cause stoppage. When stopped, manual winding is still required to supply power and ensure normal operation.

　　Does that still sound troublesome? Yet some people genuinely enjoy the pleasure and even sense of achievement brought by this winding process. Naturally, others worry that winding too tightly might snap the mainspring and therefore hesitate to proceed. In reality, for manual winding, under normal conditions when fully wound upon waking in the morning, the energy gradually diminishes over the course of the 24-hour day. With automatic winding, aside from sleeping, the mainspring is continuously being wound during other normal activities, and you need not worry about excessive motion over-tensioning the energy, as there is a special protective device to ensure the mainspring does not snap.

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　　Conclusion:The above is the minor knowledge about mechanical watches shared by Xiaoya with everyone. To buy a good mechanical watch, you must look at its appearance and movement to see if it suits you. Many things have both good and bad sides, depending entirely on what you prefer.

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