As is known to all, there are quartz watches and mechanical watches that being sold in watch exclusive shop. However, when being asked about the different between quartz watches and mechanical watches, I am sure not everybody can give right answer. This is the exact article for you to learn their difference and their own advantages and disadvantages.

Two simple ways to distinguish quartz watches or mechanical watches. Firstly, when looking at the bottom of watch, if there is word like QUARTZ, this is the quartz watch. On the other hands, if there is word such as AUOMATIC, it is the semi-automatic mechanical watch. Secondly, give your judgement from the moving way of second hand, if second hand moves with jumping way, it must be the quartz watch, on the contrary, second hand moves smoothly and continuously, this is mechanical watch.

Advantages and disadvantages of quartz watches
When talking about advantages of quartz watches, most people would say that they are light, easy to be maintained, above all, they give people more accurate time. As for its disadvantage, you have to change its dry battery frequently, which is troublesome, if you use ordinary quartz watches. Meanwhile, for advanced quartz watches, with principle of quartz vibration, about five or six years later, it will go downhill and the accuracy of time will be reduced.

Advantages and disadvantages of mechanical watches
With long time maintenance such as smearing absorber oil, mechanical watches could work for longer time than quartz watches, this is its remarkable advantage. As for its disadvantages, its accuracy on time can not be guaranteed, in daily life, you would notice that there is huge error between time on mechanical watches and standard time after a month because chip inside watch would be disturbed by universal gravitation and it can not be avoided.

By the way, mechanical watches can be divided into hand-actuated mechanical watches and semi-automatic mechanical watches.