That’s plenty accurate for most, but the watch industry wouldn’t be where it is now if it wasn’t continuously pushing for new innovations to perfect itself.Įnter the world of High Accuracy Quartz (HAQ) watches. Quartz watches don’t quite have the romance that mechanical watches bring, but they’re also generally much cheaper – and have a variance of about plus or minus 15 seconds a month. Yet there’s something about a watch that is just exceptional at doing the job it was built and designed to do. At a distant third is a time piece’s most obvious use: to tell the time.Īs watch enthusiasts, we’re enamored by the art and engineering of mechanical watch movements and we’re perfectly capable of justifying the fact that they could lose up to thirty seconds a day. Added prestige and distinction comes a close second. Ask this question to different people, and you’ll get different answers. It’s a relatively simple question, and to watch enthusiasts, one that sounds borderline ridiculous but the world of wristwatches has never been that cut-and-dry.
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