• By willson Fleaks
• Published 06/10/2011
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At present, there are three major kinds of watches in the world  including ecology-drive watch, quartz watch or digital watch and  mechanical watch. Compared with the former two types, mechanical watch  has gained much more attention because of its elegance, grandeur as well  as fashionable style. Since the first mechanical watch was introduced  into the world market, the type has been taking a leading role among  various watches all the time in the world. When it comes to mechanical  watches, people can at once think of a series of world-renowned brands  of watches such as Rolex, Blancpain, Swatch, Patek Philippe, Breguet,  Piaget, Cartier, Jaeger Le Coultre and Girard Perregaux etc.     

Although  those watches of different brands have their own special and unique  features, they still have commonplace. After all, all of them belong to  the category of mechanical watches. So how can we select tho

se  fashionable mechanical watches in proper ways? The first point we need  to know is hands’ movement. When choosing mechanical watches, no matter  what the brand is, we should slightly hold watches whose winder has  stopped working in hands and wind them slowly. At the same time, we have  to observe the second hands which ought to move once we wind watches.  If second hands do not move, it is no doubt that watches are made in  inferior quality. Second, we have to check the sound of watches when  they are placed in different directions. After winding watches, we  should put them in various directions for check. Generally speaking, the  sound of excellent watches must be crisp without any noise if fully  wound. Third, we ought to move the hands in purpose of checking their  fixed state. Either too tight or too loose is not good. Fourth, watch  checking often occurs in static state but watches will move a little  slower as being used for some time. In such case, proper adjustment is  necessary.