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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 01:38 am |
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armandsv 3T WIS
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Is there any quartz watch that moves like a auto? I hate the big tic, tic, tic and want a quartz that moves in the little tics the same way automatic watches do. are there any?
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 04:37 am |
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JKang 3T WIS 
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Seiko Spring Drive?
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 05:14 am |
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stormin13 3T WIS 
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Try the Tag Heuer, Aquaracer Calibre S Chronograph it advertised to have quartz accuracy with a mechanical movement. Here is the URL http://www.tagheuer.com I hope this helps, cheers. Last edited on Thu Jul 30th, 2009 05:15 am by stormin13 |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 08:34 am |
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Ron Jr 3T WIS 
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If there was you would have to change the batteries often. That is why quartz moves in one second clicks instead of a sweep.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 08:42 am |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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the Accutron 214/218 tuning fork watches have a fairly smooth seconds sweep as does the Omega 300hz and Rolex Oysterquartz....Bulova accuquartz as well and last but not least the Citizen Mega Quartz,,,the most accurate watch known to man....all of these have smooth seconds....ETA was working on a smooth seconds quartz movement a couple years ago that had an additional gear adding 60 teeth which gave the appearance of a auto watch but I haven't heard anytrhing new recently if it was released....my question is WHY!!! face4.gif http://www.timetechtalk.com/view_topic.php?id=5303&forum_id=1&highlight=new+quartz+movement
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 12:52 pm |
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armandsv 3T WIS
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Why is a good question. The answer, because I work with a magnet that has a field of 800 MHz or 18.8 Tesla (181,000 G). It is shielded but will stop a quartz watch if you are next to it and do god knows what to a automatic. About 10ft away it is 5gauss but I work next to it, and that could mess things up
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 01:03 pm |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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most eta based watches will provide enough gauss protection to sustain 5 gauss and much higher...some are much greater and if the watch is iron clad/anti-magnetized the gaussian level is much higher 800+ ...a Rolex achieves 800 gauss without any shielding hand6.gif
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 01:11 pm |
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mcwright Admin 
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For what its worth, I own a Seiko wall clock with smooth sweep hand. Uses a AA battery and (I assume) a quartz movement. I also have a Seiko World Timer desktop clock with a smooth sweep hand. Both are about 15 to 20 years old.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 01:31 pm |
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KenC Admin 
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JKang wrote: Seiko Spring Drive? There is a lot of confusion about the Seiko Spring Drive...It is NOT a quartz movement. It is a completely mechanical movement that has a micro-chip in it to regulate (on a "real time" basis) the release of the mainspring to produce "quartz-like" accuracy. It is much like the engine of a car that uses micro-chips/computers to regulate functions of the engine like timing, fuel consumption, cylinder usage, etc. The car is still powered by an engine and not by the computer.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 02:26 pm |
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mcwright Admin
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KenC wrote: JKang wrote:Seiko Spring Drive? Good explanation. I would guess the Seiko Kinetic movement is quartz with a mechanical charge mechanism for the battery.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 30th, 2009 02:49 pm |
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DM71 3T WIS 
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JKang wrote: Seiko Spring Drive? JKang, the Seiko Springdrive is a mechanical automatic movement. It doesn't have a battery (even if it uses electronic components). They replaced the mechanical escapement by a very complex system that i will not explain here because far too complex for me. It's the most precise mechanical movement in existance today at +- 15 sec a month! This was really a 'Quiet Revolution' like they say at Seiko. This is part of the reason why these watches retails in the $4000-$7000 range :shock:. The Seiko SpringDrive Marine Master is really a masterpiece IMOH. (And yes, I'm a Seiko fanhearteyes.gif) More details here: http://www.timezone.com/library/rdnotebook/200509073623 Oups! I see i was late on this one!  Last edited on Thu Jul 30th, 2009 02:51 pm by DM71 |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31st, 2009 12:33 pm |
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armandsv 3T WIS
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oagaspar wrote: most eta based watches will provide enough gauss protection to sustain 5 gauss and much higher...some are much greater and if the watch is iron clad/anti-magnetized the gaussian level is much higher 800+ ...a Rolex achieves 800 gauss without any shielding hand6.gif so lets say I go for it and get a auto chrono. How do I know if it becomes magnetized ? how can i fix the damage if it does happen?
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