What is the "Quarts" in a watch stand for and how does it make a watch work?

Answer 1

It's "quartz", not "quarts." Quartz is a naturally-occuring rock in crystalline form. Quartz crystals have several unique properties, one being that when excited by a small electric current, they will vibrate at particular wavelengths (frequencies). The frequency is very accurate and reliable, and can be used as a reference for time functions. Quartz crystal watches use this frequency as a base for their timekeeping, making them more accurate than all-mechanical watches.

Answer 2

Quartz is a crystalline form not totally different from sand.
It has some interesting properties, one of which is that it is piezoelectric. That means, it you press it, opposite faces of the crystal will develop an electrical charge -- this property is used in electronic lighters, for instance, as the electric charge is used to send a little spark to ignite the gas.
But this property has a reverse, that means if you apply a voltage across a quartz crystal, it will start vibrating. This property is used in piezoelectric speakers (mostly in toys, and it is not exactly hi-fi), but it can also be combined with a computerized counting chip, and because the frequency of vibration is stable and high, it performs the same duty as a pendulum in a grandfather clock; albeit with much greater precision.

Answer 3

A quartz clock is a timepiece that uses an electronic oscillator which is made up by a quartz crystal to keep precise time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency. Usually some form of digital logic counts the cycles of this signal and provides a numeric time display, usually in units of hours, minutes, and seconds.

Answer 4

Hi,

I think you mean Quartz, which is a crystal that vibrates when a charge is applied to it. This vibration is used to regulate the current that moves the watch hands and therefore helps keep accurate time.

Hope that helps,
Matt

Answer 5

You mean quartz which is a crystal that when cut correctly and stimulated with the proper electrical signal will vibrate at a very accurate rate. Some circuits us the vibrations (which are themselves turned into electrical signals) to run the mechanism on the clock very accurately.

Answer 6

Quartz is a crystal, if you supply energy in the form of and electric current, it will resonate at a constant frequency. You can use this property to help keep pretty accurate time since it doesn't change.

Answer 7

Each watch has several quarts of sand. It's quartz, bozo brains.

Answer 8

actually, it's quartz . . a type of crystal . . .it's used for more precise measurements . .

Answer 9

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