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| Posted: Thu May 14th, 2009 11:01 pm |
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scottran 3T WIS 
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Looking at some Hammys on the bay. I see electric models and electronic models. What is the difference if any? I have seen the electric movements but, havents seen any electronics yet. Thanks, Scott
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| Posted: Wed May 20th, 2009 09:01 am |
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village 3T WIS 
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Courtesy of Wikipedia: Electric watch, which commonly means any watch that is powered by electricity, has become a generic term for the first generation of electrically powered watches which appeared starting in 1957, before the invention of quartz watches in the 1970s. Their timekeeping element was either a traditional balance wheel or a tuning fork, driven electromagnetically by a solenoid powered by a battery. The hands were driven mechanically through a wheel train. They were superseded by quartz watches, which had greater accuracy and durability due to their lack of moving parts. Recent automatic quartz watches, which combine mechanical technology with quartz timekeeping, are not included in this classification. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_watch [edit] Electronic movements See also: Electric watch Electronic movements have few or no moving parts, as they use the piezoelectric effect in a tiny quartz crystal to provide a stable time base for a mostly electronic movement. The crystal forms a quartz oscillator which resonates at a specific and highly stable frequency, and which can be used to accurately pace a timekeeping mechanism. For this reason, electronic watches are often called quartz watches. Most quartz movements are primarily electronic but are geared to drive mechanical hands on the face of the watch in order to provide a traditional analog display of the time, which is still preferred by most consumers. The first prototypes of electronic quartz watches were made by the CEH research laboratory in Switzerland in 1962. The first quartz watch to enter production was the Seiko 35 SQ Astron, which appeared in 1969. Modern quartz movements are produced in very large quantities, and even the cheapest wristwatches typically have quartz movements. Whereas mechanical movements can typically be off by several seconds a day, an inexpensive quartz movement in a child's wristwatch may still be accurate to within half a second per day—ten times better than a mechanical movement Hope thats of help.....
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| Posted: Wed May 20th, 2009 11:13 am |
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Edgel 3T WIS 
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The answer is not so clear. In the 70's, the terms were used interchangably. My tuning fork Movado/Zenith with the Omega tuning fork movement was called an "Electronic" on the dial, whereas American watches like Accutron and Hamilton that were the first battery powered watches were refered to as "Electrics." Attachment: 002.JPG (Downloaded 34 times)
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| Posted: Wed May 20th, 2009 04:24 pm |
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Nabco 3T WIS 
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Scott, I have owned several Hamilton Electrics, sold all of them about a year ago because I was not wearing them....if you buy one make sure you get the 505 movement, not the 500. The 500 was the first one they developed and made several very positive changes to the 505. If you want to learn more about these movements Rene Rondeau has forgotten more about these watches than most people would ever know....here is his website http://www.hamiltonwristwatch.com/
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| Posted: Wed May 20th, 2009 10:40 pm |
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scottran 3T WIS
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Thanks for all the great info everyone. Got some shopping to do now. ;)
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