Why do we own watches with automatic movements?

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Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

It's at least partly because of the oft-repeated line, instigated I believe by the Swiss watch industry in the 1970s, that quartz movements don't have "soul". Quite how a natural-grown crystal mysteriously beating in perfect time with the universe, though, is somehow soul-less compared to a chemically treated balance wheel is beyond me.

Looks like I am due for some reading on quarts movements.


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