Difference between quartz and mechanical movements?

Quartz and mechanical movements are two different watch technologies that differ in terms of power source, timekeeping accuracy, structural complexity, maintenance requirements, and price.

The specific differences are as follows:

- Power source: quartz movement watches are powered by a battery, while mechanical movement watches need to be wound manually or powered by the wearer's movement.

- Timekeeping accuracy: Quartz movements are usually very accurate, with errors usually within a few seconds per month, while mechanical movements are slightly less accurate and can vary from a few seconds to tens of seconds per day.

- Structural complexity: Quartz movements have a relatively simple structure, consisting mainly of electronic components, while mechanical movements contain many precision mechanical parts, such as clockwork, gears, balance wheels, etc.

- Maintenance requirements: Quartz movements usually have a shorter service life than mechanical movements because the batteries need to be replaced regularly, while mechanical movements usually have a longer service life but require regular maintenance and care. But if it can be well maintained, it can be handed down. The top watches in the world are mechanical.

- Price: In the case of the same brand and style, the price of quartz watches is usually lower than that of mechanical watches, because the manufacturing cost of quartz machines is relatively low. At present, most of the movements used in replica watches come from China's production of movements, and their stability is no less than that of Swiss movements.

- For example, Dandong 3135, and Seagull 2824 movements are tested in the market, with low return rates and high accuracy, which are very good substitutes.

- Appearance feeling: quartz watches are usually thinner and simpler, and mechanical watches because of their complex mechanical structure, and high-end replica watches even the mechanical back is also engraved, and strive to achieve the appearance of 1:1 similarity with the genuine movement, and a lot of transparent shells installed after the movement, very much a mechanical sense of aesthetics, which is a man's romance!