Watches Evaluation

Evaluation of Watch Features

When you are jewelry shopping for watches, inquire if they come with extra features you may want.

Water resistant watches: Usually expressed on the dial or back of the case, a watch's water resistance is calculated in feet, meters, or atmospheres. Splash-proof watches are water resistant up to 30 meters. You can wear the watch in the shower with a Water resistance up to 50 meters. You can wear a watch swimming with a water resistance rating of 100 meters. Scuba diving requires a water resistance rating of 200 meters to be worn in watches.

There are watches with calendars, which display the day date, watches, which display the date and day of the week, and full calendar watches, which display the date, day of the week, and month.

Chronograph watches act as a stopwatch or use a meter to measure elapsed time. In addition, Chronograph watches can additionally come in split seconds format to measure two time segments in unison or one after the other.

Watches with Tachometer scales, which are located around the rim of the watch dial, determine average speed by gauging time and a pre-measured distance. Tachometers are used alongside a chronograph.

Watches with moon phase indicators have a display that reveals the phase of the moon with a moon representation on a rotating disk.

Some mechanical watches have tourbillions, miniature expensive mechanisms, which deal with possible time errors.

Watches with a repeater reveal the time in the course of a sequence of chimes when you compress a switch.

Telemeter scales calculate the space relating the wearer of the watch and an item that yields a visible signal or a loud noise.

Watches with a world time element specify the literal time in all time zones around the globe.