Rolex watches teach you how to choose
First, the choice of location: Switzerland is not necessarily the cheapest to buy
Early watches are very expensive, in addition to time away, mainly used to display status and position. In 1920, worn on the wrist on the table have been popular, the next few decades, the Swiss watch manufacturing industry has been ranked the world's leader. Many manufacturers dedicated to pocket watches, pocket watches combination of features, increase the calendar, automatic winding, timekeeping and other functions, and to be miniaturized in order to watch the popularity.
In 1970, technology began to dominate the quartz watch industry, but the Swiss company launched the antique table series also swept the world, to the latter half of the 1980s, Rolex Swiss company began producing a variety of luxury mechanical watches, then this tendency has been further developed, enhanced complex winding or automatic mechanical watches increasingly popular. Today, Switzerland has the world's top brand in the vast majority of watches, Switzerland can be described as a "watch empire."
But look to buy watches in Switzerland is not necessarily buy the cheapest. In Switzerland, a purchase of more than 300 francs, Chinese tourists can enjoy a tax rebate of about 7.6%. But this is not the highest tax rate, Chinese tourists in other European countries such as France can enjoy 12% tax rebate. If you need to buy watches in the United States tax, but generally will be priced relatively low. Therefore, the airport duty-free purchases in the U.S. watch is also a good choice. In addition, mainland consumers, choose to buy watches in Hong Kong is also a good choice. In general, the price of watches in Hong Kong and the Mainland, roughly a difference of 15% to 25%, considering the exchange rate difference, the actual difference is about 20% to 30%. The more expensive watches in Hong Kong, the lower the purchase price.
Second, the pros and cons: quartz, mechanical hard to compete with
Typically, expensive mechanical watches than quartz watches, mechanical watches, Rolex does not mean that it must perform better than quartz watches.
Quartz watches and mechanical watches, the most important difference is the use of which form the core of the energy source to drive the movement. Mechanical watches have a helix. When people to watch winders, the spiral also was on tight. In the helix is released, it begins to form the core of the movement to drive. Quartz watches are using a battery as the energy source. Battery output power to watch in the electronics and motor block. Block will output a second electronic pulse to the motor, the motor is running to promote hands.
Therefore, from the time point of view, quartz watches, mechanical watches to be more accurate than. Mechanical watches as the velocity spiral inconsistent timing accuracy will decline, and its accuracy will be affected by temperature, location, and component wear and other factors. Therefore, the general mechanical watches day with 15 to 30 seconds the error is relatively normal, the smallest error can have 4 to 5 seconds. But not the same as quartz watches, quartz crystal can provide the most stable pulse, so it can ensure the highest accuracy. In general, quartz watches, the error in the 15 month to 25 seconds, the smallest error for one year only 5 seconds. The reason why mechanical watches, quartz watches than you, because mechanical watches in its production process requires precise manual adjustment of the school, while quartz watches generally in the automatic production line assembly out. In addition, it is generally agreed that the operation of mechanical watches, quartz watches longer than life. But that may not necessarily, because quartz watches all the moving parts inside and mechanical watches are the same. Although the life of electronic components has not been fully tested complete, but may also have the same life. Therefore, consumers can be confident that a good quartz watches and mechanical watches can provide the service as long. However, quartz watches and mechanical watches are advantages and disadvantages. The biggest advantage is the timing of quartz watches, high precision, easy to wear, and easy to make into a thin small, strong fashion sense. The mechanical watches, watch movements and more technology, but the case thickness is generally greater. If you convenience, but also requires high precision timing, you should choose quartz watches. If it is especially small special thin quartz watches, you should consider changing the battery is convenient because the thinner the smaller the battery the more expensive.
Third, pick the material: the case to vary
Watch shell material commonly have K-gold, gold, titanium, stainless steel, semi-chrome-plated steel, alloy shell and so on. K gold case only high-end brand name used in the table, the price is generally a few million or more; and semi-steel (just watch the back cover is stainless steel) chrome plated table belong to a class of low-grade table, the case is easy to be corroded. Gold-plated case more beautiful, but not necessarily gold thickness (including the strap) can easily be worn away. If you want to select the gold table, the best coating thickness of 10 microns or more. The table compares solid gold titanium wear, but the color does not look good. Is now more popular color case strap (gold or gold-plated and stainless steel) are more beautiful and durable. Gold-plated sheet steel of the table than the expensive leather strap watch with the money than the cheaper steel strap watches.
Fourth, the players listen to the sound table?
As the saying goes "listen to the table to listen to the sound of drums and listening." Experienced early years teacher always would watch repair table attached to the ears, shaking his head put the brain to change position, move the watch while listening to the sound changes to guess when to go watch good or bad, it was all experience and skill. Well-trained teacher can hear the watch's balance wheel oscillation frequency of the watch, and even hear is not "rough stopwatch."
The easiest to understand the essence of listening watch, to listen to the watch is actually changing position, its travel time sound changes. The faulty or damaged parts of the watch, as the position will change the sound travel time will also change significantly. Some changes will occur periodically, while large while small voice. Because of this, listen to the watch can only detect the watch is faulty and can not be fully representative of the quality of the watch. But for the average person, the watch needs to listen to the experience, the best can do more, more practice is to listen, watch the size of different structures are not the same sound when walking. Generally speaking, male voices to the table bigger, much less the female form. The location of the table to listen to when you choose to wear common position - that is, plane, plane, including "dial disk surface and under the table." In addition, there are three elevation locations: under the table to the table to the left, the table, and a total of five locations.
