Replica Watch
An automatic Replica Watch watch (also called a self-winding watch or, in Rolex Replica Watch movements, "perpetual") is a mechanical Replica Watch watch, typically with a balance wheel Replica Watch escapement, whose mainspring is wound by the motion of the Replica Watch wearer's arm, instead of having to be wound manually every Replica Watch day. Whereas a Replica Watch quartz watch is powered by electricity, a Replica Watch mechanical watch is powered by a Replica Watch mainspring which must be Replica Watch rewound for the watch to keep time.
The Replica Watch name comes from the point that, instead of the Replica Watch owner having to wind the watch to Replica Watch power, the watch winds itself "automatically" when worn regularly. To Replica Watch accomplish this, the watch Replica Watch contains a fan-shaped rotor (weight) within Replica Watch the watch case. The normal Replica Watch movements of the user's arm and wrist Replica Watch cause the rotor to pivot back-and-forth on its staff and the staff is attached to a ratcheting winding Replica Watch mechanism inside the watch. Most automatic watches can also be wound manually by turning the crown (a notable exception is Seiko's wide-ranging line of watches based on the Replica Watch company's 7S26 movement, which cannot be hand-wound).
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On some automatic watches the Replica Watch rotor is visible through a transparent case back, called a display back or exhibition back. In these Replica Watch cases the rotors are often engraved or decorated in some way.
For Replica Watch people who do not wear their watch every day, watch winders are available to store automatic Replica Watch - watches. A watch winder is a Replica Watch device that can hold oneReplica Watch or more watches and moves them in Replica Watch circular patterns to mimic the human motion Replica Watch that keeps the self-winding mechanism working. A mechanical Replica Watch watch should be kept wound and running as much as possible to prevent its lubricants from congealing over time, which diminishes accuracy. A full service (which involves disassembly, cleaning and re-lubrication)Replica Watch should be performed at least every five years to keep the movement as accurate as possible.
A more recent Replica Watch evolution of the automatic watch uses a self-winding mechanism to charge a battery or capacitor which in Replica Watch turn powers a quartz movement. This automatic quartz Replica Watch arrangement provides the accuracy of quartz without the need to replace the Replica Watch battery or capacitor until it reaches the end of its life, which may be decades. The Geneva Society of Replica Watch Arts reported in 1776 that fifteen minutes walking was necessary to wind the Replica Watch watch sufficiently for eight days, and the following year reported that it was selling well.
Replica Watch Perrelet sold some of his Replica Watch watches to a contemporary watchmaker, Abraham-Louis Breguet who improved theReplica Watch mechanism in his own version of the Replica Watch design; calling his watches "perpetuelles" (possibly the source for Rolex's brand name of the "Perpetual" watch brand).[2] [3]
The Replica Watch mechanism was more successful on wristwatches because the Replica Watch rotor could operate every Replica Watch time that the owner moved his or her arm. However the first version did not appear until the 20th century. It wasReplica Watch invented by a watch repairer from the Isle of Replica Watch Man named John Harwood in 1923[4], who took out a UK patent with his financial Replica Watch backer, Harry Cutts, on 7 July 1923, and the Swiss patent on 16 October 1923.[5] It used a Replica Watch pivoting weight which swung as the wearer moved, and which in turn wound the mainspring. When fully wound, the watch would run for 12 hours if the wearer removed it. It did not have a Replica Watch conventional stem winder, so the hands could be moved manually by Replica Watch rotating a bezel around the face of the watch. The watches went on sale in 1928 and 30,000 were made until the company collapsed in 1931 as a result of the Replica Watch Great Depression. The Rolex Watch Company had taken up the design in 1930 and used it as the Replica Watch basis for the Replica Watch Rolex Oyster Perpetual, in which the centrally mounted semi-circular Replica Watch weight could rotate through a full 360 degrees rather than the 300 degrees of the Replica Watch original design. Rolex's version also increased the amount of energy stored in the Replica Watch mainspring, allowing it to run for up to 35 hours if the wearer removed the watch.
Reportedly NASA assumed that the automatic Replica Watch winding mechanism was based on pendulum action like Harwood's original Replica Watch design, requiring either a gravity field or constant acceleration. The Replica Watch weightless environment therefore raised doubts about the ability of an automatic watch to wind itself. In fact a full 360-degree winding Replica Watch mechanism should work even better in low or zeroReplica Watch gravity, where the friction experienced by the mechanism is lower. The Replica Watch rotor can thus move longer and transfer more energy into the spring. TheReplica Watch rotor is in any case easily activated by momentum and not dependent on gravity. Because of the Replica Watch fact that a manually wound wristwatch does not require the weighted Replica Watch rotor which is necessary for an automatic watch, some Replica Watch extremely fine watch companies, such as Patek Philippe, continue to design manually wound watches, which can achieve a case thickness as low as 1.77 Replica Watch millimetres.
Today, the most common type of watch is the wristwatch, worn on the wrist and fastened with a watch strap or watchband, a bracelet made of real or synthetic leather, metal, nylon, or even ceramic. Before Replica Watch the inexpensive miniaturization that became possible in the 20th century, most watches were pocket watches, which had covers and were carried separately, often in a pocket and attached to a watch chain or Replica Watch fob.
Most Replica Watch inexpensive and medium-priced watches used mainly for timekeeping are electronic Replica Watch watches with quartz movements, powered by electricity. Expensive, collectible watches Replica Watch valued more for their workmanship and aesthetic appeal than for simple timekeeping often have Replica Watch purely mechanical movements and are powered by springs, even though mechanical movements are many times less accurate than quartz movements. The most Replica Watch accurate watches have radio-controlled movements that are miniaturized, portable versions of radio clocks (q.v.).

Pocket timepieces
Main article: Pocket Replica Watch -watch
The earliest need for portabilityReplica Watch in timekeeping was navigation and mapping in the 15th century. The latitude could be measured by looking at the stars, but the only way a ship could measure its longitudewas by comparing the midday (high noon) time of the local longitude to that of a European meridian (usually Paris or Greenwich)—a time kept on a shipboard clock. However, the process was notoriously unreliable until the introduction of John Harrison's Replica Watch chronometer. For that reason, most maps from the 15th century through the 19th century have precise latitudes but distorted longitudes.
The first reasonably accurate mechanical clocks Replica Watch measured time with simple weighted pendulums, which are unworkable when irregular Replica Watch movement of the fulcrum will occur whether at sea or in watches. The invention of a Replica Watch spring mechanism was crucial for portable clocks. In Tudor,England, the development of “pocket-clockes” was enabled through the development of reliable springs and escapement mechanisms, which allowed clockmakers to compress a timekeeping device into a small, portable compartment.
In 1524, Peter Henleincreated the first pocket watch. It is rumoured that Henry VIII (the portrait of Henry VIII at this link shows the medallion thought to be the back of his watch) had a pocket clock which he kept on a chain around his neck. However, these watches only had an hour hand—a minute hand would have been useless considering the inaccuracy of the watch mechanism. Eventually, miniaturization of these spring-based designs allowed for accurate portable timepieces which worked well even at sea.
In 1850, Aaron Replica Watch Lufkin Dennison founded Waltham Watch Company, whichReplica Watch was the pioneer of the industrial manufacturing of pocket watches with interchangeable parts, the American System of Watch Manufacturing.
BreguetReplica Watch developed the first self-winding watch known as the perpetuelle in 1780[From the Replica Watch Breguet History Book].