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All About Automatic Watches
Automatic watches are a modern take on traditional mechanical watches. These new developments stem from an established horological tradition dating back as far as 1400. Automatic watches work by converting the energy of the wearers wrist into potential energy that is then stored within a spring. This energy is gradually used to move a number of weighted wheels, or gears as they are also known, that turn the hands.
When they were first invented mechanical watches were extremely unreliable with the best losing or gaining up to 15 minutes every day! Nowadays the variance is a couple of seconds a day at most. Seiko developed a new kinetic technology in the 1980’s which was able to transform this energy into electrical energy, this development meant that now mechanical watches could be regulated by quartz precision. The other bad thing about the originals was that they had to be wound every day at the same time. Nowadays a premier automatic watch like the Seiko Direct Drive Velatura will last for more than one month when fully charged and the cheapest models will last at least a couple of days. Once stopped they will reactivate with only a small amount of movement, thankfully no winding necessary.
Automatic watches have always been a luxury item so you may be surprised to hear that there are now great value automatics such as the Sekonda Two Tone Gents Automatic watch which we are currently selling at just £23.12.
Automatics have also made a comeback through certain designers ranges such as Police and Seiko. The inner workings are often made a feature by being visible through the case back, so you can see how your watch works. The Police Portland range has this stylistic feature.
Reliability combined with the ecological and practical benefits of owning an automatic watch have resulted in a revival in popularity for these watches in recent years. But the best thing about automatic watches is that you never have to change the battery. As an added bonus not removing the back of the watch to do a battery change preserves the integrity of the inner workings for longer. No battery changes also means that you save money and time and do a little bit extra to save the environment as well.
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