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Originally Posted by Tools
That's exactly it........ The motor to actually drive the watch hands is only pulsed once per second.
Of course, battery technology has come a long way now and it probably won't be long before quartz makers take the next step and smooth out that handsweep the way AC driven clocks are at only 60 cycles per second..
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I actually wonder what would happen if Citizen got the Eco-Drive right, or if a true mechanical/battery hybrid existed. It could conceivably run forever.