i find this word "QUARTZ" written on every watch dial be it of any company.Is it related to the quartz crystal?
2006-11-27 19:03:47 · 11 answers · asked by stranger 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
IT'S COZ THE glass fixed is made of QUARTZ ore
2006-11-28 02:50:46 · answer #1 · answered by HAMBYDEN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the face is made of quartz. Quartz is a hard substance and can actually scratch glass. Nope, I was wrong, here's what wikipedia says "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, that a human can read."
2016-03-28 22:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it means that the watch contains a quartz crystal. It is written on the watch because people believe that a watch with a quartz crystal is better than one without. Even battery operated watches often have a quartz crystal inside, sometimes, they say it gives better accuracy. Maybe they are right....but we get conned so often in this world that I couldn't say for sure that it is true...just that people believe it is.
2006-11-27 19:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, first of all, mechanical watches will not have "Quartz" written on them, however most of the watches made today do contain a quartz crystal which oscillates at some particular frequency, VERY reliably, and as it does so, it generates an electrical signal which is used as the "heartbeat" of the watch.
2006-11-27 19:08:48 · answer #4 · answered by Mez 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is basically telling you that the watch is battery operated. Mechanical and automatic watches won't say quartz on them. A quartz crystal resonates at a frequency that is a very good approximation for a second.
2006-11-27 19:07:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word appears on watches that use an electronic movement regulated by a quartz crystal. Such watches are far more accurate (factor of 100) than mechanical watches, but do have the disadvantage of requiring batteries.
2006-11-27 19:06:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because an electrically charged quartz crystal,using peizoelectric effect,is used to power all such watches.
2006-11-27 20:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Totally related - quartz watches use quartz crystals to keep time. http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae559.cfm has an explanation of how that works.
2006-11-27 19:08:03 · answer #8 · answered by triviatm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
use quartz crystals to keep up with the time
2006-12-01 17:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by hate me or love me ! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quartz crystal is a piezoelectric material which is a basically good
for pressure transducers . in the watches it is used to regulate
mechanical motion by the electical mode ,,
and electrical is much better that mechanical..
so its is used in it n quartz is written..
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2006-11-27 21:37:25 · answer #10 · answered by ramesh c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋