Eli5: how do quartz powered watches work?

691 viewsEngineeringOther

how do quartz powered watches work?

In: Engineering

10 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

They aren’t powered by quartz, they use a standard battery like any other watch.

The Quartz crystal is used to measure the second. Quartz crystals in watches are designed to oscillate at a highly predictable rate, so ~32768 oscillations of that crystal is equal to 1 second.

You are viewing 1 out of 10 answers, click here to view all answers.