Everything about the Quartz Movement

We take care of the movement – the heart of every watch – because the design of the finished timepiece is essentially determined by the movement functions and their arrangement on the dial.

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What is a quartz movement and how does it work?

A quartz movement is also known as an electronic movement. A battery supplies the energy to drive the gears. These move hands or discs connected to them and thus show the time, date, day or other functions on a watch.

The watch movement consists of a battery, electronic circuits, and a quartz crystal. The battery sends electric current through the quartz crystal, causing it to oscillate at a frequency of 32,768 kHz. The oscillations measured by the circuits are converted into an exact time signal, which in turn regulates the movement of the watch hands.

What are the advantages of quartz movements?

Quartz watches are very popular because they are very accurate, require little maintenance and give their owners pleasure for many years.

It is therefore not surprising that not only fashion labels but also well-known brands in the mid-price segment equip their models with our quartz movements.

How to measure the size of movements?

The size of a movement for wristwatches is typically indicated by the number of so-called "lignes" which measure the diameter of the movement. It is a French unit of measurement dating back to the 18th century and one "ligne" equals to 2.2558 millimeters.

Although we still use this unit of measurement in the watch industry today, the diameter is often given in millimeters in parallel for easier understanding.


Watchmakers can choose from a wide range of high-quality Ronda movements that meet even the most discerning demands in design and quality terms.

Fabien Schirmer

CEO


Size of Ronda quartz movements

Our extensive range includes well over 100 basic calibers and offers from the mini movements in sizes 3¾ x 6''' or 4¼''' up to the XXL movement with 15''' in various dimensions with different movement heights.

This is how we distinguish movement functions

Ronda quartz movements are categorized according to their functionality as classic functions, multifunctions and chronographs.

Which are "classic functions" of a watch movement?

In our range, these include all 2- and 3-hand movements with a normal date, the small second and the big date without direct change. Classic functions of the 5xx, 7xx, 1xxx and 6xxx.D series can be found in the lines

SLIMTECH – EXTRA SMALL & SLIM MOVEMENTS

NORMTECH – CLASSIC MOVEMENTS

POWERTECH – CLASSIC MOVEMENTS

When can a watch movement claim to be "multifunction"?

The term multifunction movement is not uniformly defined in the watch industry. At Ronda, we classify movements as multifunctions if they offer more than the classic functions, e.g. additional indication of the moon phases.

Multifunctions of the series 5xx, 7xx, 4xxx, 6xxx.B, 7xxx and the series X can be found in the line

XTRATECH – MULTIFUNCTION MOVEMENTS

What is a "chronograph"?

As soon as a movement offers the function of stopping time we speak of a chronograph or chrono. In a broader sense, this could be understood as a multifunction, but due to the complexity of a chronograph as well as our extensive range, we have given these models their own line. Here you can find the chronos of the series 3500, 5000, 8000 and series Z.

STARTECH – CHRONOGRAPH MOVEMENTS

Swiss Made movements

Ronda produces and sells movements for wrist watches. The label “Swiss Made movement” is protected by law. – Wish to know more about the definition of the Swiss watch movement?

SWISS MADE AND SWISSNESS

Swiss Parts movements

In addition to the Swiss Made movements we also offer a selection of our range as "Swiss Parts" version. The term Swiss Parts is not defined by law. – Ronda's Swiss Parts movements are assembled in the Far East.

RONDA solartech

Solar Quartz Movements

Ronda solartech movements are available as chronographs or with classic functions; they store energy in a rechargeable battery.

SOLARTECH SOLAR POWERED

RONDA startech

Chronograph movements

Our entire range of movements with a time stop function – the chronographs – are combined in the Startech line.

STARTECH CHRONOGRAPHS

RONDA xtratech

Multifunction movements

Xtratech represents multifunctions such as big date, GMT, day-date, day-week-month displays, alarm, tide and moon phases.

XTRATECH MULTIFUNCTIONS

RONDA slimtech

Extra small & slim movements

The name says it all – the Slimtech line offers extra small and thin quartz movements for exclusive models and jewelry watches.

slimtech small & slim

RONDA normtech

Classic movements

All classic and sleek, the Normtech line is home to calibers with standard functions and a medium movement height.

NORMTECH CLASSIC FUNCTION

RONDA powertech

Classic movements

Movements of the Powertech line with classic functions are solid, reliable and offer an attractive price-performance ratio.

POWERTECH CLASSIC FUNCTION

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