Mechanism of A Watch

hgmjr

Joined Jan 28, 2005
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I believe that the majority of the newer quartz clocks use a stepper motor driven by a crystal oscillator circuit.

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bloguetronica

Joined Apr 27, 2007
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In some cases there is no motor (at least in old quartz watches). There is a small elecromagnet instead that advances the mechanism in pulses. I know this because I opened several rist watches and one wall watch.
 
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