All watches have a feature of a grooved backing ring around the very top of the watch, which holds the crystal in position. The frame, as it is called in the jewelry industry, helps stabilize branded gems, plastic, glass or crystal, embedded inside. Some watches contain a tiny wheel that can be seen on the back of the watch. Tourbillon and descent are other features of the watch. The descent is the larger of the wheels that can be seen on the back of the watch. Tourbillon helps to maintain accuracy, rotating every minute. It is known that luxury watches and more expensive watches retain greater accuracy compared to watches of lower cost.
Exquisite craftsmanship created a watch with precious stones and ornamental patterns around a crystal called Guilloche. These models are suitable for men and women. You may have heard the old quote about diamonds forever, but a diamond watch from 861 is only 7.6 carats, well, it seems like forever.
Automation is equipped with a spring mechanism called motion, and uses a large semi-lunar disk that rotates with a movement of the hand to hold the wound of the clock.
A quartz watch uses a crystal that sends electronic pulses into a vibrating plug, which vibrates, which provides time.
Quartz can lose or gain only a few seconds a year. A battery of about four years is required for operation. Automation can lose or gain up to eight seconds per day. Never need to reel if the watch is worn daily. It does not need a battery, but must be serviced every five years.
Quartz and automatic use of various technologies for working with watches. Due to their accuracy and low level of service, quartz watches are far ahead of the popularity automatics, but automatics has a mechanical movement that offers convenience using traditional technologies.
Wristwatches were originally intended only for women. Only later, people saw a fashionable statement and the convenience that a watch can have. Since then, the watch has expanded to an unlimited number of styles that are very different from the original style of creating watches.
Your enhanced understanding and knowledge of the terms most used by jewelers will have a positive effect on your purchase decision. Watch more than just a function or beauty reflects your lifestyle. The group of few manufacturers of early watches has grown to seventy brands. A century after this original design of watches, art and technology continue to change the art of luxury watches.
