So exactly how does a quartz watch work?

[plaifender]

Cool video from the engineerguy:

[maxman]

Thanks man,very cool video

[wheaton26]

thanks for posting ... i had no idea.

[dluddy]

Thanks for sharing - that was great Plai

[sixbennetts]

Wow, makes you look at those cheap quartz watches in a whole new way, huh?

[Fireman_Fred]

Having watched the video, I can't understand why anyone would want to buy an inaccurate (and expensive !) mecahnical watch !!

[plaifender]

The tuning fork analogy is great. incredible.. I had no idea we had tiny gold dipped TUNING forks in our quartz watches!!

[KB]

Was kinda hoping he would use that hammer on the watch...oh well cool video.

Ken

[Jkay]

Thanks for posting this. It's a great video.

[Prsist]

Thanks for posting this. It's a great video.

Simple, yet brilliant. Great addition!