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by aidenn0 3972 days ago
My automatic watch contains an electronic circuit, so I'm not sure what your point is.
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Interesting. What is the circuit for ?

Are you sure it's not powered by a standard watch battery ?

Yes, it is a quartz movement with a capacitor that is charged by a mechanism similar to a mechanical auto-winding watch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_watch#Automatic_quar...