Now it’s hard to imagine - the time when, to answer the elementary by modern standards question: “What time is it now?” - people had to resort to complex, and truly magical actions with devices that determine the time with the help of the sun, water or fire. Today, every person has a simple device on his hand - a watch, with their help we can always easily determine how much time is now and we will always arrive on time for an appointment.
A watch is not only a faithful and indispensable device, but also an elegant accessory on your wrist - an attribute of a successful person.
Externally, the watch has a completely diverse look. Now they produce a huge number of serial watches, economy class, foreign production, their famous copies ( ), an elite watch. Fancy and elegant watches will not leave indifferent even sophisticated users.
Despite the external variety, the internal clock mechanism of the watch is based on two main platforms: mechanical, quartz (electronic).
Mechanical watches: watches are based on the action of a compressed spring. The power source of this mechanism is a tightly wound spring. After the establishment, the spring begins to gently unwind and sets in motion the pendulum, which drives the entire clockwork; the mechanism begins to rotate the arrows at predetermined intervals. In a mechanical watch, the dynamics of time is tracked using the hands.
mechanical watches must be started periodically, since the spring is completely untwisted. All (Swiss) is based precisely on this type of clockwork.
Due to the fact that the spring is unwound (during operation) unevenly, there is a relative error. Despite the fact that watches on a mechanical platform are sensitive to weather conditions (humidity and dust concentration in the air), they need to be wound daily and there is a certain temporary error, these watches continue to remain leaders in the global watch industry market.
The second type of mechanism is quartz (electronic). The power source of the clock mechanism is a salt or solar battery. In such a watch, a mechanical pendulum replaces a quartz crystal. Using an electronic generator using a quartz crystal, a stable, periodic pulse is transmitted to the clockwork mechanism. The main difference from a mechanical watch is the ability to place on the watch face not only a dial mechanism, but also a digital display.
A quartz watch is more accurate, but there is nothing eternal. The quartz crystal is characterized by "aging", the clock begins to rush. Quartz watches are less whimsical in operation, not sensitive to environmental conditions and do not require a daily factory.
Which type of watch to choose is up to you, but living on time is very important. Punctuality is now disappearing above all in a society with mixed rhythms of life.