How to choose between Manual Winding Watch and Automatic Watch

Many people are confused about the various watch styles on the market. They don't know how to choose a watch suitable for themselves, especially mechanical watches. They often hesitate about manual winding watches or automatic watches. So what's the difference between the two? Which one suits you better?

Comparison of characteristics between manual and automatic meter winding

• Automatic watches are more accurate than manual winding watches. The automatic watch adopts a device to prevent excessive winding, which will not cause movement wear due to excessive energy accumulation in the main spring. But hand wound watches don't work. On the one hand, manual winding watches rely on twisting the main spring, which may lead to excessive winding and main spring fracture. On the other hand, manually winding the watch requires rotating the crown, which is easy to wear the movement, thus affecting the time accuracy.
• Automatic watches are more convenient than manual winding watches. If you have a manual winding watch, you not only need to wind up regularly to keep your watch moving, but also need to make sure your watch is not over wound. However, you don't have to worry about the automatic winding of your watch. You can easily complete the winding process by moving your wrist. As long as you wear your watch for more than 8 hours at a time, your watch will generally work within 30-40 hours.
• Automatic watches are more waterproof. Hand wound watches need to be wound frequently, so the crown is easy to wear and damage the waterproof layer, resulting in water entering the watch. But these situations are not easy to happen on automatic watches.
• Manual winding table is thinner and lighter than automatic table. This is because the automatic watch includes a swinging weight, which increases the overall weight and volume of the automatic watch. In contrast, the manual winding watch has no swinging weight, so it can become thinner, lighter and more comfortable to wear on the wrist. As far as I know, Piaget and Bvlgari were originally jewelry, and they also competed in the thinness of hand wound watches. From this, we can see that weight and amount of exercise are an important factor affecting people's choice of watches.
• The manual winding meter is cheaper and the maintenance cost is lower. Automatic winding watch contains more small parts and more complex structure, which makes this watch expensive. The more complex the structure of a watch is, the more money is needed to maintain it. The manual winding structure is relatively simple, cheaper and more reasonable than the automatic watch.
• Manual winding table makes people more involved.
Many manual winding watches have a transparent back, which is a unique design, you can directly see the movement inside. Especially when you turn the crown of the watch, you will hear the sound of the gear rotation after the main spring accumulates energy. Ticking will make you have more interaction with your watch and you will feel more participation. This is why many watch collectors like hand wound watches. Winding your watch every day is like a novel way to relax. This provides a sense of connection between you and your watch. When you see the movement running because you rotate the crown, you will find happiness in it.

Manual meter winding and automatic meter winding power supply

Both manual winding table and automatic table are mechanical tables. In other words, they have a complete mechanical device (called movement) to run the watch.

Neither of them requires batteries because the power required for mechanical movement is stored in the main spring.

In order for the main spring to provide power, it must be wound. Depending on the type of mechanical table, this can be done manually or automatically.

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Nowadays, with the rapid development of science and technology, people's demand for products is intelligence and convenience. Automatic watch is easy to wind and use, so it will be the choice of many people. By the way, if you have more than one automatic watch, you can buy a watch winder to help you wind your watch without wearing it.

If you read this article and find yourself thinking "this is just a watch, I just need to look at the time", maybe you are more suitable for an automatic watch. If you are interested in the beautiful movement structure on the back of the watch, you may be more suitable for manually winding the watch. I believe you can make a great choice!