The components inside the heart of automatic watches are driven by the kinetic energy generated from the movement of the wearer’s wrist.
This is the reason why they are considered as self-winding. Here we are going to introduce some famous brands for best automatic watches.
5 Top Brands That Manufacture The Best Automatic Watches
Patek Philippe
Patek Phillippe is very proud of its Genevan identity, as the last independent and family-owned watch manufacturer there.
The brand owns the ultimate freedom in innovation for design and crafts the world’s finest watches with its traditional watchmaking artistry. Patek Phillippe made one of the best swiss watches for men.
The automatic watch capable of displaying dual time zones and even world time is the best example to demonstrate the engineers’ creativity. In addition, all movements and components are made in its own workshop to guarantee the quality, resulting in many extraordinary timepieces that fetch record prices at various auctions.
Patek Phillippe sky moon tourbillon, named as one of the most complicated wristwatches in the world ever, is one of those that hit the record.
The brand strives for perfection to the greatest extent by setting the strictest standards for each of the watch components. The movement of these Genevan watches is very accurate with a tolerance of less than -3/+2 seconds per day.
The Patek Philippe Seal also guarantees a lifetime after-sale service for maintenance, repair, and restoration, giving users the best experience. Even the basic model of the automatic watch by the brand can provide a genuine royal Genevan watchmaking style to the wearer.
To have a better appreciation of the fine components inside the watch, the Patek Phillippe Nautilus 5711 series is always on the collectors’ list.
Tag Heuer
Tag Heuer’s automatic watches for men have long been a symbol of masculinity, with famous sportsmen and formula racers being its spokespersons.
The Swiss brand, with over 150 years of history, has four of its own workshops to produce timepieces of precise accuracy and disruptive design.
Based on three important pillars, sports, lifestyle, and heritage, Tag Heuer is keen on manufacturing world-class automatic watches for wearers who like to live up to challenges.
This explains why it is a partner of many prestigious names in the sports world, namely the Red Bull Racing Formula One team, the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix and Manchester United, etc.
Tag Heuer automatic watches have quite different designs in various collections. Apart from the Tag Heuer Formula 1 collection, there is the Tag Heuer Aquaracer inspired by underwater activities.
The double security clasp and unidirectional rotating bezel designed for Tag Aquaracer made it a piece of strong timing equipment under the sea. There is also the Heuer Autavia inspired by an aeroplane cockpit. Its groundbreaking ISOGRAPH technology for high chronometer precision is legendary to the brand.
On the other hand, Tag Heuer Link is a more lifestyle design, putting a spotlight on its specially designed and most comfortable bracelet.
If you are looking for a more sophisticated design, Tag Carerra, a tribute to the Carrera Panamericana auto race and the first chronograph specifically designed for professional drivers, should definitely on your list.
Hamilton
Hamilton watches are well known for American Spirit and Swiss Precision. The Swiss made movements guarantee the precision in its automatic watches.
Hamilton is good at the craftsmanship of military and aviation timepieces, including the Hamilton Khaki Field series. Hamilton has been the sponsor of the Air Race World Championship since 2005 and has become its official timekeeper in 2007, reinforcing its status of accurate timing.
On top of the accuracy in time telling, different models of Hamilton watches offer various complications. Some of them are hearted with a caliber that provides an extra-long power reserve of 80 hours. Some possess practical functions like curved day window, chronograph, and drift angle calculator.
The brand creates a beautiful design for its automatic wristwatches, manufacturing innovative, attractive, and unusual timepieces that draw collectors’ attention.
Seiko
Seiko is the Japanese historical watch manufacturing brand since the 19th century. It achieved a number of the world’s first, spreading its popularity to the world.
The brand invented the first wristwatch made in Japan, the world’s first quartz watch, the first diver’s watch with a titanium case, and now the famous Seiko GMT watches, and the first automatic Eco-Drive watch. It all thanks to the hard work of Seiko’s research team and engineers.
The brand is good at designing timepieces with trendy and charming outlook, as well as practical functions. It develops an automatic watch series for diving that can withstand the water pressure up to 200 meters, powered by its strong caliber and Seiko’s own jewel fitted self-winding movement.
Apart from its reliable mechanism inside the watch, it also has brilliant designs – a clear day and date display, highly luminous hands and markers treated with Lumibrite for superior low light visibility, and a crew down crown for better water resistance.
The automatic movement is not as accurate as of the quartz ones and may result in a mistake of 3 to 4 seconds per day, but it is an acceptable performance for the automatic movement.
Clear sight underwater is important for divers, thus enhanced luminosity is introduced to this Seiko diver watch is with organic luminous material which is recharged by sunlight or other light energy, reiterating the power of its automatic watches.
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