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  2. Automatic watch - Wikipedia

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    Video of the rotor turning in an automatic wristwatch having a glass back, when the watch is moved by hand. 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 to wind the mainspring, making manual winding unnecessary if worn enough. [1]

  3. Abraham-Louis Perrelet - Wikipedia

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    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. The first drawing and accurate description of an automatic watch with a central rotor was created in 1778 by the watchmaker Hubert Sarton and that design is attributed to him. Following ...

  4. Repeater (horology) - Wikipedia

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    Repeating carriage clocks have a button on the top to activate them. Early watch repeater mechanisms were actuated by pushing and depressing the pendant (the top) of the watch. Later ones are activated by pushing a slide along the side of the case. This winds a separate spring to power the repeater.

  5. Automatic quartz - Wikipedia

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    Automatic quartz is a collective term describing watch movements that combine a self-winding rotor mechanism [1] (as used in automatic mechanical watches) to generate electricity with a piezoelectric quartz crystal as its timing element. Such movements aim to provide the advantages of quartz without the inconvenience and environmental impact of ...

  6. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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    John Harwood (1893–1965), English inventor and clockmaker, automatic wrist watch, Fortis watch brand. Rasmus Sørnes (1893–1967), Norwegian radio technician and clockmaker, Sola, astronomical clock. Paul Behrens (1893–1984), German clockmaker, Lübeck, astronomical clock.

  7. List of most expensive watches sold at auction - Wikipedia

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    Platinum Automatic Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeater Ref. 3974 2001 Wrist 1.579 1.918 11/06/2020 Geneva Phillips [234] 158 Attributed to Piguet & Capt Pearl-set Musical, Perfume Flask, and Automaton Amphora-Form Watch 1805 Amphora-Form 1.577 1.577 05/22/2021 Hong Kong Christie's [235] 159 Patek Philippe Gold Ref. 3449 1961 Wrist 1.5726 2.183

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