Friday, April 3, 2009

What is a quartz movement?

Watches with quartz movements use a battery as its power source.The battery is used to provide a voltage across a quartz crystal which, in turn, oscillates very fast.A small microchip counts these oscillations.When a certain number of oscillations is reached, a signal is sent to a stepper motor that advances the hands (for example, one second intervals).In the market,some top grade watches use the quartz movement,such as Porsche Design replica, Hublot replica,Ferrari replica watches, Breitling replica,U-Boat replica,Bell&Ross replica,Patek Philippe replica and Omega replicas.

Quartz watches became very popular in the 1980’s and threatened the very existence of mechanical movements.Quartz watches are extremely reliable, and are by far the best time keepers – if you are looking for accuracy, quartz watches will serve your purpose.But, they do not have the same ‘life’ that mechanical watches: Rolex replica, Richard Mille replica,Zenith replica,Hublot replica,Ferrari replica watches have.

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