Watches for men

The short history of men's watches

The first timepieces were developed in the 14th century and featured mechanical movement. Batteries hadn't been invented yet. The big milestone for timepieces was the clock button, which lets us wind up the clock, generating enough energy to run it for some time. In the next 500 years improvements were made to mechanical movement, until the late 1900s when quartz watches started replacing mechanical watches in an era called "The Quartz Crisis." High-end watch brands are still making mechanical watches. They've recently gone back to fashion, perhaps because most show the inside workings of the mechanical movements. This really brings back some old-school charm, especially when it comes to pocket watches!

Watches movements

Men's watches vary widely in thickness. This is strictly a question of the watches' inner workings. Many people have a penchant for mechanical watches because their seconds hands sweep in a fluid motion, whereas those on quartz watches have a more choppy movement, as illustrated below.

Mechanical movements – Expensive watches

Mechanical clockwork is non-electronic and functions solely thanks to the mechanical energy it stores from the winding process. Inside the watch, a spring is wound tightly and provides between 1 to 5 days of operation until it's literally wound down. As a rule, run time depends on the quality of the watch. There are two kinds of mechanical watches: manual and automatic.

The manual mechanical watch is wound up by turning the knob on the side of the watch, but with an automatic mechanical watch it's actually getting energy from your kinetic movements so you never have to wind it up if you wear it a lot. Because mechanical watches are both thick and wide, they're not suitable for boys and they tend to be in the higher price ranges.

Quartz movements — inexpensive watches

Quartz movement watches rely on the energy derived from the vibrations of a quartz crystal that oscillates in a specific and precise interval. This interval is what makes the seconds hand move in a choppy manner instead of a clean sweep. There are many reasons why quartz movement replaced mechanical movement watches.

• Quartz is much more accurate


• Quartz is less expensive to make


• Quartz inner workings need much less space


• Quartz watches can be smaller and not as thick

So if you are in the market for an inexpensive watch, quartz movement is for you.
Daniel Wellington They keep accurate time and the battery lasts approximately two years. So for good quality at very reasonable prices, quartz is the solution.

At Trendhim we virtually never have sales unless individual watch models are going to be phased out of our product offerings. This does not mean that you can't find an inexpensive watch with us. See our prices drop-down menu.