A statement you wear. A watch with character.

Mechanical watches are watches for the true ardent fans of watches. Mechanical watches are different from ordinary watches in their functionality, design, and artistry which makes you a holder of a true time machine.

Watches have changed over time. From a mere time device, it has become an ornament worn by men and women alike. From a device to measure the time to something like a piece of sculpture. How exactly do we consider a watch to be something precious, timeless and precise? Every watch holds a prestige to itself and also to the person that wears it. But how are watch different from one another? How do you choose a watch with respect to its functionality? And why are some watches expensive, luxury and masterpiece?

Here, we look into the functionality of the watch and how they are different. Krishnan Nair and Sons, a pioneering dealer in premier watches in Trivandrum elaborates what they know best about watches.

According to the working mechanism, a wristwatch can be divided into mainly two different types, one is quartz and the other is mechanical. These mechanisms run time on a watch. Each brand has its own way of watch movement. The crafting of each watch mechanism has a unique technical attribute, named after the brand. Even the slightest movement boasts around 100 intricate parts to tell the time with absolute precision.

In a quartz mechanism, the energy for the watch movement is obtained for a watch battery. To recognize a watch mechanism is to notice the second hand of a watch. In a mechanical system, the second-hand moves without effort, seamless and flowing, while with a battery powered watch, you can sense that tick-tock movement of the second hand.

In a time when we need everything to be continues and smooth, we prefer not to opt for something that dies out or maybe something that works least with human intervention. We are moving towards an era where you can use one phone or laptop throughout your life, without the power dying out. Same as in the case with watches.  The mechanical movement might be an old system but they are worth, you can feel the time churning out of a mechanical watch without a power supply. Which is the reason why watches made with mechanical systems are more expensive and prestigious.

Mechanical watches are old. They are complex devices made with a spring and gears. The spring loads the energy continuously for the watch to run.  The watch is made of many intricate connected parts and the power for the spring is obtained from the external movement of the watch. The side to side movement of the watch causes weight to rotate and thereby harness the power to run the gears. Mechanical watches don’t die, they just live as much as the time itself. Mechanical watches stores energy for almost 40 hours of continues running until the next movement hits the spring. Because of the extensive mechanism and intricate gears, mechanical watches takes time and master craftsmen ship. This also the reason for the prestigious status they hold as well as being expensive than the battery powered ones.

Quartz watch makes the majority of watches produced in the world. First introduced by Seiko in the late ’60s, they soon became affordable watch to the common people.  They work on the power output from a battery which sends an electrical pulse through a piece of quartz added in the circuit. The crystal oscillates when the electric pulse passes through them. This happens on a regular interval which makes the needles run. Quartz watch, therefore, is cheap and needs a battery change once every few years.

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Due to a mechanical watch’s complex spring and gear mechanism and high craftsmanship, they are expensive and becomes a historic piece or a collector’s item. The uniqueness of mechanical watches can’t be compared to any other kind of watch. It gives you an identity and character a normal quartz watch can’t provide. Here are a few reasons why we feel mechanical watches are ornaments you would love to possess.

1. Every mechanical watch is unique, made with artistry and followed centry old tradations.


2. Mechanical watches gives a special kind of feeling. It’s more like an asset you posses in life. As an engineering marvel, worn on hands, it gives an identity of standing out from the crowd. The desire for a mechanical watch is just like a driving enthusiast possessing a manual transmission car.


3. Mechanical watches are designed to give everyone goosebumps. With the transparent sapphire case, you can see gears moving inside the watch and how the needle oscillates.


4. The second-hand movement in a mechanical watch moves multiple time per second giving a sweeping motion. This movement of the second hand is like seeing a might steam engine pulling away.

Krishnan Nair and Son recommend you to buy a mechanical watch if you are keen into how your watch feels and appears. Saying that quartz watches aren’t bad or are just another watch. After all, it’s your choice and desire to stand out in the crowd that matters. Premium watches in Trivandrum can be bought from Krishnan Nair and sons. The wide array of mechanical watches at their store would definitely make you think out of the box.