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2. Automatic watch - Wikipedia

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   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] It is distinguished from a manual watch in that a manual watch must have its mainspring wound by hand at regular ...

3. Watch - Wikipedia

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   The first self-winding mechanism was invented for pocket watches in 1770 by Abraham-Louis Perrelet, [61] but the first "self-winding", or "automatic", wristwatch was the invention of a British watch repairer named John Harwood in 1923. This type of watch winds itself without requiring any special action by the wearer.

4. Breguet (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Breguet is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewelry manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. [1] Headquartered in L'Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, which was developed into a practical solution by ...

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. Benrus - Wikipedia

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   Website. benrus.com. Benrus is an American watchmaking and lifestyle company founded as a watch repair shop in New York City in 1921 by Romanian-American Benjamin Lazrus and his two brothers. [1] [2] Benrus watches were worn for decades by the U.S. military from World War II through Vietnam. [3]

7. Elgin National Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   The company built the Elgin National Watch Company Observatory in 1910 to maintain scientifically precise times in their watches. The company produced many of the self-winding wristwatch movements made in the United States, beginning with the 607 and 618 calibers (which were bumper wind) and the calibers 760 and 761 (30 and 27 jewels respectively).