An automatic watch, also known as a self-winding watch or simply an automatic, is a mechanical watch where the natural motion of the wearer provides energy...
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movement Automatic quartz is a collective term describing watch movements that combine a self-winding rotor mechanism (as used in automatic mechanical...
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automatic watch does not need to be wound by the pendant; simply rotating the watch winds the watch automatically. The interior of an automatic watch...
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"self-winding", or "automatic", wristwatch was the invention of a British watch repairer named John Harwood in 1923. This type of watch winds itself without...
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self-winding mechanism and formed the company Automatic E.M.S.A. (Eugène Meylan Société Anonyme). Meylan's automatic watch design was unusual: a separate module...
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chassis of the movement. This design allowed for a substantially slimmer automatic watch that still retained a center sweep second hand. The Micro-rotor concept...
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Richard Mille (category Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland)
2014. "RM 63-02 Automatic World Timer". Modern Luxury. "Richard Mille RM 07-02 Pink Lady Sapphire Automatic Watch". A blog to watch. Rob Nudds. 22 December...
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of Chinese watchmaking. Once the most commonly produced mechanical/automatic watch movements in China, the numbers produced and their quality (at least...
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Movement (clockwork) (redirect from Watch movement)
mainspring, storing energy to run the watch until the next winding. Automatic or self-winding In an automatic watch, including in most mechanical watches...
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affordable dive watch that echoed the look of iconic Swiss diver watches. The Pro Diver’s success — particularly its 40 mm steel model with automatic movement...
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center of the watch, rotates with each wrist motion. A winder mechanism uses rotations in both directions to wind the mainspring. In automatic watches, motion...
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Vostok watches (redirect from Vostok (watch))
6051778°E / 55.3656083; 50.6051778 Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian: Восток; literally meaning "East") is a Russian watch brand and manufacturer based in Chistopol...
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Accessed 28 September 2014 Orient Watch Production Process (Video), Accessed 29 September 2014 Orient In-house Automatic Movement Assembly (Video), Accessed...
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Audemars Piguet (redirect from Royal Oak (watch))
developed the first skeleton watch in 1934 and has manufactured some of the thinnest watches, such as the 1986 ultra-thin automatic tourbillon wristwatch (Calibre...
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Abraham-Louis Perrelet (category Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland)
Perrelet is thus widely acknowledged as the inventor of the "automatic" watch. However, his watch probably used a weight pivoting at the side of the movement...
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Apple Watch. Thus, watchOS apps must be bundled within their respective iOS app, and are synced to the watch either manually, or automatically upon installation...
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History of timekeeping devices (redirect from Wrist watch (history))
of the Cartier Tank watch, and the design of watches during the 1920s was influenced by the Art Deco style. The automatic watch, first introduced with...
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Universal Genève (redirect from Universal Watch)
Genève automatics like the Rolex Oyster Date and Omega Seamaster Date. The Shadow series was first produced in 1965 and were the thinnest automatic watch movements...
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mechanical and quartz watch movements manufactured by Citizen Watch Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (CWMJ), a subsidiary of Citizen Watch. In 1959 Miyota Precision...
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Seiko (redirect from Seiko watch)
calibers, the automatic caliber 61GS, the manual winding 45GS and 19GS for women's watch. The 61GS was Japan's first automatic ten beat watch, and it was...
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power was supplemented by an automatic quartz power source. One early model, called the Citizen Vitality, used the watch hands to drive a small electric...
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around since the late 1700s, the automatic (self winding) chronograph was not invented until the late 1960s. In 1969, the watch companies Heuer, Breitling,...
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displayed on the watch with automatic- winding movement shows how long a watch will function when not worn. On a manual winding watch, it shows the time...
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Witch Watch (Japanese: ウィッチウォッチ, Hepburn: Witchi Wotchi) (stylized in all caps when written in Latin script) is a Japanese fantasy and romantic comedy...
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Breguet (brand) (redirect from Breguet (watch))
Breguet company. In 1780, invented and produced the world's self-winding/automatic watch (the Perpétuelle). In 1783, invented the Gong-spring, laying the foundation...
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Gérald Genta (redirect from Gerald Genta (watch brand))
company Gerald Charles, as well as his design work with other high-end watch manufacturers, including IWC, Omega, Universal Genève, Patek Philippe and...
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ADP (company) (redirect from Automatic Data Processing Inc.)
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) is an American provider of human resources management software and services, headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey...
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Nomos Glashütte (redirect from Nomos (watch company))
other manual winding movements with additional functions. The first automatic NOMOS watch, the Tangomat, was first introduced in the summer of 2005. In 2014...
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With 61,358 automatic movements produced in 2013, Mido is currently ranked number four in the production of chronometers in the Swiss watch industry. Today...
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