Shop our Watches The majority of the watches sold today have
quartz movements. The best way to explain the differences
between watch movements is to compare them to mechanical watches
which were first introduced in 1910. Mechanical: Watches use a
balance wheel for time measurement and a mainspring for power.
They require manual winding. Automatic: Watches are self-winding
mechanical watches. They have a rotor which includes an
oscillating weight that swings backwards and forwards with every
movement of the wrist. The oscillations are converted by means
of a gearing into a rotary motion that winds the mainspring.
Quartz: Watches use a quartz crystal for time measurement and a
battery for power. They require no winding. Kinetic Quartz:
Kinetic quartz is exclusive technology to Seiko. It is a quartz
watch without a battery. The Kinetic quartz generates electrical
energy to power itself from the natural movement of the wearer's
arm and wrist. It stores the energy in a capacitor. The reserve
energy lasts 3 to 14 d