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Porsche Design Indicator 6930.13.46.1201 New Titanium 47mm Automatic
Promoted
Porsche Design Indicator
Chronograph Automatic Black Dial Titanium Men's Watch
Rs.378,505
+ Rs.2,704 for shipping
A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus 363.179 Very good Steel 40mm Automatic
Promoted
A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus
363.179
Rs.6,770,045
Free shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked 15412BC.ZZ.1220BC.01 Very good White gold 41mm Automatic
Promoted
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked
15412BC 18K White Gold Open-Worked Dial
Rs.31,424,102
Free shipping
Rolex Datejust 41 126303 New Gold/Steel 41mm Automatic
Promoted
Rolex Datejust 41
Oyster 41 mm Oystersteel and yellow gold 126303
Rs.1,185,499
+ Rs.8,383 for shipping
Breguet Classique 3620 Very good Platinum 36mm Automatic
Promoted
Breguet Classique
Jump Hour Heures Sautantes
Rs.2,159,301
+ Rs.12,617 for shipping
IWC 1355664 Very good Steel 34mm Automatic India, Mumbai
IWC
Schaffhausen Turler
Rs.135,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Breguet Tradition 7038BR/18/9V6/D00D Unworn Rose gold 37mm Automatic
Promoted
Breguet Tradition
Dame
Rs.2,846,427
+ Rs.9,094 for shipping
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81015-52-002-52A Unworn Rose gold 42mm Automatic
Promoted
Girard Perregaux Laureato
81015-52-002-52A 18K Rose Gold Skeleton
Rs.8,086,711
Free shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 14800 Very good Rose gold 36mm Automatic
Promoted
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
18 Karat Rosegold limitierte Serie 10 Stück Weltweit Top Zustand purple
Rs.2,994,098
+ Rs.18,147 for shipping
Chopard Happy Sport 274808-5003 New Rose gold 36mm Automatic
Promoted
Chopard Happy Sport
Automatic 18K Rose Gold Factory Diamond Watch 274808-5003
Rs.1,524,213
+ Rs.12,702 for shipping
IWC Big Pilot IW5002 Very good Steel 46mm Automatic
Promoted
IWC Big Pilot
50110 movement
Rs.721,327
+ Rs.12,612 for shipping
Ulysse Nardin Classico 8106.116 Very good Rose gold 31mm Automatic
Promoted
Ulysse Nardin Classico
Automatik 750er 18K Rosegold 31mm Referenz 8106-116
Rs.476,348
+ Rs.15,878 for shipping
Rolex Datejust 41 126300 New Steel 41mm Automatic
Promoted
Rolex Datejust 41
Stainless Steel & White Gold - Black Index Dial - Smooth Bezel (Ref# 126300)
Rs.1,058,481
+ Rs.8,383 for shipping
Roger Dubuis Excalibur EX45.1448.9.3.7ATT.2 Very good Steel 45mm Automatic
Promoted
Roger Dubuis Excalibur
Triple Time Zone
Rs.1,481,874
+ Rs.12,617 for shipping
Rolex Day-Date II 218206 Very good Platinum 41mm Automatic India, Mumbai
Rolex Day-Date II
218206
Rs.5,624,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 Very good Steel 27mm Automatic
Promoted
Patek Philippe Nautilus
5711 Mens Watch Box & Papers
Rs.9,314,549
+ Rs.8,044 for shipping
Rolex Day-Date 40 228206 Very good Platinum 40mm Automatic
Promoted
Rolex Day-Date 40
228206 President Platinum Green Roman Dial
Rs.6,740,323
Free shipping
Zenith El Primero New Vintage 1969 96.1969.469/77.C683 Good Titanium 40mm Automatic
Promoted
Zenith El Primero New Vintage 1969
Skeleton 40th Anniversary Limited Edition
Rs.680,407
+ Rs.2,178 for shipping
Rolex Submariner Date 116610LV Very good Steel 40mm Automatic India, ganganagar
Rolex Submariner Date
116610LV
Rs.2,100,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 26470OR.OO.A125CR.01 Very good Rose gold 42mm Automatic India, 110048
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph
26470OR.OO.A125CR.01
Rs.6,072,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex Day-Date 36 18038 Very good Yellow gold 36mm Automatic India, Mumbai
Rolex Day-Date 36
18038
Rs.1,600,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex GMT-Master II 126710BLNR Very good Steel 40mm Automatic India, New Delhi
Rolex GMT-Master II
126710BLNR
Rs.1,500,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex Datejust 41 126334 Unworn Steel 41mm Automatic India, Chandigarh
Rolex Datejust 41
126334
Rs.1,300,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Swiss Automatic Good Yellow gold Automatic India, Chennai
Geneve 18KT Yellow Gold Swiss Automatic w/Day/Date Feature Presidential Style
Rs.1,200,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Carl F. Bucherer Manero 00.10902.03.16.21 Very good Rose gold Automatic India, Cuttack
Carl F. Bucherer Manero
00.10902.03.16.21
Rs.1,000,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex Cellini Time 50505 Unworn Rose gold 39mm Automatic India, 400076
Rolex Cellini Time
50505
Rs.969,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Universal Time Q8108420 Unworn Steel 41.6mm Automatic India, 110048
Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Universal Time
Q8108420
Rs.876,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Breitling Chronomat UB0134101B1U1 Unworn Gold/Steel 42mm Automatic India, 038
Breitling Chronomat
UB0134101B1U1
Rs.858,892
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 124300 Unworn Steel 41mm Automatic India, 411005
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41
124300
Rs.820,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81060-21-492-FH3A Unworn Titanium 44mm Automatic India, Bangalore
Girard Perregaux Laureato
81060-21-492-FH3A
Rs.800,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller

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Rolex Datejust 36 16233 Unworn Gold/Steel 36mm Automatic India, Bangalore
Rolex Datejust 36
16233
Rs.700,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Moonphase 304.33.44.52.03.001 Very good Steel Automatic India, Ahmedabad
Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Moonphase
304.33.44.52.03.001
Rs.650,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex Datejust 36 1601 Good Rose gold 36mm Automatic India, Pune
Rolex Datejust 36
1601
Rs.620,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex Explorer 124273 New Gold/Steel 36mm Automatic
Promoted
Rolex Explorer
Steel and Yellow Gold Oyster Perpetual Explorer Black Dial Oyster Bracelet 124273
Rs.1,058,481
+ Rs.8,383 for shipping
Breitling Chronomat 44 CB0110121C1C1 Very good Gold/Steel 44mm Automatic India, east delhi
Breitling Chronomat 44
CB0110121C1C1
Rs.600,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
IWC Portuguese Chronograph IW371606 Very good Steel 41mm Automatic India, Hyderabad
IWC Portuguese Chronograph
IW371606
Rs.550,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Breitling Bentley B05 Unitime AB0521U4 Very good Steel 49mm Automatic India, Pune
Breitling Bentley B05 Unitime
AB0521U4
Rs.554,644
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow 321.90.42.50.13.001 Very good Gold/Steel 42mm Automatic India, Mumbai
Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow
321.90.42.50.13.001
Rs.500,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Breitling Bentley GMT A4736212/B919 Very good Steel Automatic India, Mumbai
Breitling Bentley GMT
A4736212/B919
Rs.498,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Franck Muller Conquistador 8005 CC King Very good Steel 40mm Automatic India, DEHRADUN
Franck Muller Conquistador
8005 CC King
Rs.425,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Cartier Santos 100 2656723289TX Very good Steel 51mm Automatic India, New Delhi
Cartier Santos 100
2656723289TX
Rs.420,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 231.10.42.21.03.003 Unworn Steel 41.5mm Automatic India, Dehradun
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra
231.10.42.21.03.003
Rs.385,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Tudor Black Bay GMT 79830RB Unworn Steel 41mm Automatic India, New Delhi
Tudor Black Bay GMT
79830RB
Rs.376,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Breitling Navitimer World A24322 Very good Steel 46mm Automatic India, Gurgaon
Breitling Navitimer World
A24322
Rs.375,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 220.10.41.21.10.001 Good Steel 41mm Automatic India, Mumbai
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra
220.10.41.21.10.001
Rs.369,395
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M 210.30.42.20.04.001 Very good Steel 42mm Automatic India, Bhilai
Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M
210.30.42.20.04.001
Rs.365,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Breitling Super Avenger V13375101C1X1 Very good Titanium 48mm Automatic India, Pune
Breitling Super Avenger
Night Mission 48
Rs.349,582
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Breitling Navitimer 1884 A2135024/BE62 Very good Steel 39mm Automatic India, 751002
Breitling Navitimer 1884
A2135024/BE62
Rs.340,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 CV201AC Very good Steel 42mm Automatic India, Chennai
TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16
India Racing Limited Edition
Rs.325,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Tudor Black Bay GMT 79830RB Unworn Steel 41mm Automatic India, JUHU
Tudor Black Bay GMT
79830RB
Rs.305,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 6534 Fair Steel 34mm Automatic India, Mumbai
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date
6534
Rs.299,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega De Ville Hour Vision 431.33.41.21.03.001 Very good Steel 41mm Automatic India, ganganagar
Omega De Ville Hour Vision
431.33.41.21.03.001
Rs.275,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M 2599.80.00 Very good Steel 41.5mm Automatic India, 110068
Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M
2599.80.00
Rs.275,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Snyper 50.900.00 Good Titanium 44mm Automatic India, Manipal
Snyper
Iron clad g5
Rs.250,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight 79030B Very good Steel 39mm Automatic India, Chennai
Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight
79030B
Rs.215,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 36 car2b11.ba0799 Very good Steel 43mm Automatic India, Ahmedabad
TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 36
car2b11.ba0799
Rs.220,079
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
IWC Portofino Automatic IW3533 Good Steel 38mm Automatic India, Pondicherry
IWC Portofino Automatic
IW3533
Rs.203,228
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega Constellation Good Automatic India, ulhasnagar
Omega Constellation
automatic
Rs.186,293
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rado Centrix R30036752 Very good Rose gold 38mm Automatic India, Bangalore
Rado Centrix
R30036752
Rs.180,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
1113003036 Very good Automatic India, 490006
Chairos Voyager Voyager
Rs.30,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Meistersinger Adhaesio AD903 Good Steel 43mm Automatic India, Ludhiana
Meistersinger Adhaesio
AD903
Rs.165,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Omega De Ville Prestige 424.10.37.20.02.001 Good Steel 36.8mm Automatic India, PUNE
Omega De Ville Prestige
424.10.37.20.02.001
Rs.160,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rado HyperChrome Captain Cook R32505203 Unworn Steel 42mm Automatic India, Bengaluru
Rado HyperChrome Captain Cook
R32505203
Rs.160,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller

Automatic Watches: Self-Winding Mechanical Timepieces

Automatic watches are powered by the natural motion of your wrist while you wear them. This type of watch has a rich history reaching back to the 18th century. Today, countless brands produce their own automatic calibers for their watches.


Highlights

  • Automatically wound by the natural movements of your arm
  • Environmentally-friendly: No batteries to produce or throw away
  • The Rolex Oyster Perpetual is one of the most famous automatic watches
  • John Harwood is considered the inventor of the automatic wristwatch
  • Automatic watches available in almost every price range

Automatic Watches: Self-Winding Timepieces

Automatic watches fall under the larger umbrella term of mechanical watches. They offer a key advantage over manual timepieces: They wind automatically via the movement of the wearer's arm. An oscillating mass inside the caliber is responsible for winding the spring. Today, this is in most cases a winding rotor. It is flexibly mounted so that gravity pulls it towards the center. When you're wearing the watch and move your wrist, the rotor moves and gives the caliber new energy. Automatic watches don't require batteries, making mechanical watches comparably more environmentally friendly than battery-powered quartz watches.

Automatic watches are available from almost every famous watch manufacturer in all price ranges. Less expensive models are often powered by base calibers made by the ébauche manufacturers ETA, Soprod, or Sellita. Various manufacturers use these calibers in a more or less reworked form in their watches. These calibers even power the watches made by famous brands such as Breitling and TAG Heuer. However, both manufacturers have developed their own in-house movements as well.

Rolex and Patek Philippe are some of the most well-known watch manufacturers. Unlike many other brands, these two Geneva-based manufacturers don't outsource base calibers. Instead, they use their own. For example, Rolex's caliber 3130 is considered very robust, reliable, and precise. These qualities and more make the caliber one of the best automatic movements on the market; it powers Rolex watches such as the Submariner. Since Rolex produces their watches almost entirely in-house, production is costlier. This results in higher prices for automatic watches with in-house movements.


Buying Tips

If you're searching for an automatic watch, the hard part is actually choosing one. Should it be large or small, simple or extravagant, affordable or expensive? The selection is ample for every taste and budget. Pre-owned automatic watches from Citizen, Seiko, or Swatch are available for around 50 euros. These watches often only have three hands for the hours, minutes, and seconds. Some also have a date or even day/date display.

In the price range between 100 and 200 euros, you can find diverse new automatic watches from brands like Seiko or Fossil. Pre-owned watches from long-established manufacturers such as Tissot, Hamilton, or Longines cost up to 500 euros. The situation is similar in the 1,000 euros and under price range, though here you can also find new models from the German brand Marcello C.

In the 1,000 euro price range, you can find pre-owned Omega or Breitling watches. New automatic three-hand watches are available from Oris, Raymond Weil, or Rado.

However, if you're looking for an automatic chronograph, you need to adjust your budget accordingly. A pre-owned automatic chronograph costs at least 500 euros; this applies to watches from brands such as Tissot or Hamilton. New chronographs cost a few hundred euros more, around 800 euros. These watches are often powered by ETA's Valjoux 7750, which is considered one of the most successful automatic chronograph calibers in the world.

If you're searching for a new automatic Rolex, you need to plan on spending at least 3,000 euros. You can purchase the introductory model, Oyster Perpetual, for this price. You can occasionally find pre-owned vintage watches from this Genevan manufacturer for less than 1,000 euros. The Submariner, one of the first and most famous diving watches in the world, is available pre-owned for around 4,100 euros. New, it costs around 5,600 euros. Rolex's chronograph, the Daytona, is available for around 7,500 euros.

The most expensive automatic watches are from brands such as Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe. These watches are often made of platinum or 18-karat gold and feature countless diamonds on their dial and/or case. At times, these watches are also incredibly expensive as they're rare vintage watches coveted by collectors. Prices over 1 million euros are not too rare when it comes to these watches.


The Technology Behind Automatic Watches

The mainspring of an automatic watch is, as the name suggests, automatically wound by the movement itself. The mainspring is wound, becomes tense, and stores energy. This happens through the natural movements of the wearer's arm when the watch is on his or her wrist. This mechanism eliminates the need to manually wind the mainspring. Instead, an oscillating mass - often the rotor - winds the mainspring. Gravity causes the flexibly mounted rotor to move towards the center and a gear-train transfers the energy from the rotor's movement to the barrel. Viewed from a physics standpoint, the mechanism converts kinetic energy into potential energy.

There are automatic movements that wind in one or both directions. Bi-directional winding movements have so-called reverser gears. These ensure that the rotor winds the barrel in both directions. Uni-directional winding movements actually wind bidirectionally, but the mainspring is only wound in one direction. Both variants have a reduction gear which converts the fast movements of the rotor into slower movements with more torque. The end of the mainspring is not directly connected to the barrel so that it doesn't snap off when it's fully wound. The outer end of the spring is outfitted with a bridle, which keeps the pressure on the mainspring's outermost coil. When not fully wound, that pressure allows the outer end of the mainspring to be caught in a notch in the barrel wall. Once the spring is fully wound, it moves along to the next notch.

Automatic watches have many advantages: They're comfortable, environmentally-friendly, and usually more precise. This improved precision is due to the mainspring, which is always tense and has a more constant torque than mainsprings in hand-wound calibers. This has a positive effect on the amplitude. The amplitude is the balance wheel's degree of rotation and refers to the wheel's maximum rotation angle between equilibrium and a reversal point.

Technical Details of Automatic Watches

  • The winding rotor winds the mainspring in the barrel
  • Advantages: no manual winding required, environmentally-friendly, more precise
  • Uni-directional and bi-directional winding movements

The Origins of Automatic Watches

Automatic winding is one of the most important and long-lasting innovations in the history of watchmaking and the mechanism is one of the most widespread complications in use today.

Today's automatic watches can trace their origin back to the year 1729. Abraham-Louis Perrelet improved the winding mechanism of pocket watches in the 18th century. A small key was required to wind a movement before this improvement. Since the key was never there when you needed it, winding mechanisms that didn't require a key were in high demand. Perrelet wanted to invent a self-winding pocket watch. In 1770, he introduced his pedometer watch after countless attempts. The watch had an oscillating weight which teetered back and forth as the wearer walked. The motion caused the oscillating weight to tense the mainspring. Perrelet also developed a caliber with a winding rotor which swiveled above the movement. With these innovations, the groundwork for today's automatic watches was laid.

Refined men carried their pocket watches tucked away safely in their jacket, vest, or pants. The timepieces barely moved while in their pockets, which meant that the oscillating mass didn't have enough energy to wind the mainspring. The crown-wind method solved the key-wind problem in the mid-19th century, making the automatic pocket watch superfluous.


The First Automatic Wristwatches

The French watchmaker Léon Leroy was also a pioneer in the development of automatic watches. He presented his first automatic wristwatch in 1922. Some of these watches even had a date display. However, Leroy was far away from being able to mass produce a series.

The British watchmaker John Harwood lead automatic wristwatches to series production. He began working on automatic movements in 1922. Two years later, he patented his work, paving the way for the first series-produced automatic wristwatches.

Rolex's Oyster Perpetual was one of the first automatic wristwatches. Rolex introduced the watch to the market in 1931. It's one of the few early models that has lasted over the years and is still produced today. The principle behind Oyster Perpetual's winding rotor is at the heart of every modern automatic wristwatch.