Types of Watch Movements

[Harley Otto]

MANUAL WIND WATCHES:

  Collectors find these kind of watches attractive, even though they are manual wind watches, which means that the user has to wind it every one or two days by the crown in order to work. Once the wearer winds the crown the watch will keep a power reserve in the mechanism that will keep the watch running until the next winding. Perhaps these timepieces are desirable because it could be said that it is the classic way to read the time, since they were the first type of movement. They are still produced in Switzerland by fine watch producers such as Jaeger-Lecoultre and Franck Muller and can even cost over $500,000 when they come accompanied by complications. Some exclusive models can reserve up to 18 days of power and will usually have power-reserve indicator on the face.

  AUTOMATIC WATCHES:

  They are called automatic or self-winding because the wearer does not need to wind the watch to generate power, the watch winds itself automatically once a person moves th...   More information,please visit>>http://www.swisswatcharea.com/longines-watch.html