Question:

Quartz Crystal?

ummso where can i get one, and how much does it cost?please and thank yers!!

Answer:

No. At the heart of the watch is the quartz crystal, which is a tuned oscillator. Essentially, a tuning fork. The crystal's frequency characteristic depends on the shape or 'cut' of the crystal. A tuning fork crystal is usually cut such that its frequency over temperature is a parabolic curve centered around 25 °C. This means that a tuning fork crystal oscillator will resonate close to its target frequency at room temperature, but will slow down when the temperature either increases or decreases from room temperature. A common parabolic coefficient for a 32 kHz tuning fork crystal is ?0.04 ppm/°C?. Thus, your watch will slow down with heat or cold.

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