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Seiko Presage SARD011 New Steel Automatic
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Seiko Presage
SARD011 Automatic Urushi Lacquer Dial
RM4,778
+ RM163 for shipping
Richard Mille RM 030 RM030 Very good Titanium 50mm Automatic
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Richard Mille RM 030
Titanium Transparent Dial
Price on request
Free shipping
Seiko Presage SARY132 New Steel Automatic
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Seiko Presage
SARY132/SSA346J1 Mechanical Cocktail Side Car
RM1,898
+ RM163 for shipping
Bell & Ross New Ceramic 42mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
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Bell & Ross
GRAIL WATCH 4: ALAIN SILBERSTEIN × BELL & ROSS TRILOGY BOX SET
RM101,746
+ RM52 for shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Day-Date 25572ST Very good Steel 36mm Automatic
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Day-Date
25572ST
RM139,560
+ RM705 for shipping
Rolex Yacht-Master 42 226659 Very good White gold 42mm Automatic Malaysia, Butterworth, Pulau Pinang
Rolex Yacht-Master 42
226659
RM118,000
Excl. shipping
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Rolex Submariner Date 116618LB Very good Yellow gold 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Rolex Submariner Date
116618LB
RM170,000
+ RM237 for shipping
Rolex GMT-Master II 126715CHNR Unworn Rose gold 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Sri Petaling
Rolex GMT-Master II
Rose Gold 126715CHNR 2020 NFC Card Unworn Full Set
RM189,800
+ RM100 for shipping
Hublot Classic Fusion Blue 511.OX.7180.LR New Rose gold 45mm Automatic Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
Hublot Classic Fusion Blue
King Gold Rose Gold 45mm Auto (New | Complete Set)
RM79,999
Free shipping
Breguet Tradition 7038BR/18/9V6/D00D Unworn Rose gold 37mm Automatic
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Breguet Tradition
Dame
RM159,284
+ RM509 for shipping
Rolex Day-Date 40 228349RBR Very good White gold 40mm Automatic
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Rolex Day-Date 40
228349RBR 18K White Gold Black Diamond Dial
RM338,724
Free shipping
Tudor Glamour Date M51003-0005 New Gold/Steel 26mm Automatic Malaysia, Johor
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Tudor Glamour Date
M51003-0005
RM12,300
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Azimuth New Steel 47.5mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Azimuth
Mr. Roboto R2
RM20,900
+ RM52 for shipping
Roger Dubuis Excalibur EX45.1448.9.3.7ATT.2 Very good Steel 45mm Automatic
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Roger Dubuis Excalibur
Triple Time Zone
RM82,790
+ RM705 for shipping
Rolex GMT-Master II 126715CHNR Very good 40mm Automatic Malaysia, KUALA LUMPUR
Rolex GMT-Master II
126715CHNR
RM189,058
Excl. shipping
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Rolex Daytona 116503 New Gold/Steel 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Rolex Daytona
Cosmograph Daytona Champagne Dial
RM108,000
+ RM237 for shipping
Rolex Yacht-Master II 116681 Unworn Gold/Steel 44mm Automatic Malaysia, Sri Petaling
Rolex Yacht-Master II
116681 44mm Everose Gold Steel Unworn 2020 Full Set
RM109,999
+ RM100 for shipping
Breguet Marine 5817ST/Y2/5V8 Very good Steel 39mm Automatic Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
Breguet Marine
Big Date Marine 5817ST 39mm Auto (Used | Complete Set)
RM55,999
Free shipping
Ming 22.01 New Titanium Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Ming
22.01 GMT Gilt New 2023
RM17,000
+ RM100 for shipping
Patek Philippe Nautilus 7118/1200A-010 Unworn Steel 35mm Automatic
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Patek Philippe Nautilus
7118/1200A Diamond Bezel Silver Index Dial
RM331,155
Free shipping
Tudor Glamour Date M53003-0003 New Steel 31mm Automatic Malaysia, Johor
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Tudor Glamour Date
31mm M53003-0003
RM10,189
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Azimuth New Bronze 43mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Azimuth
Mr. Roboto Bronzo
RM40,000
+ RM52 for shipping
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM 01039 Very good Carbon 47mm Automatic
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Panerai Luminor Submersible
Luna Rossa Pam01039
RM60,555
+ RM705 for shipping
Patek Philippe Nautilus 5726A-001 Very good Steel 40.5mm Automatic Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu
Patek Philippe Nautilus
Annual Calendar Moonphase Steel 5726A
RM428,900
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex Daytona 116519LN New White gold 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Rolex Daytona
Cosmograph Daytona Diamond
RM210,000
+ RM237 for shipping
Rolex Daytona 116500LN Very good Steel 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Sri Petaling
Rolex Daytona
116500LN Cosmograph Daytona Black Dial 2021 NFC Card Preowned
RM124,900
+ RM100 for shipping
TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-02T CAR5A8P.FC6415 Very good Titanium 45mm Automatic Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-02T
Chronograph Tourbillion Carbon Heuer-02T 45mm Auto (Used | Complete Set)
RM51,999
Free shipping
Tudor Royal 28600 New Steel 41mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Tudor Royal
Salmon Dial 2023 28600-0009
RM9,100
+ RM100 for shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15400OR.OO.1220OR.02 Very good Rose gold 41mm Automatic
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding
15400OR 18K Rose Gold Silver Index Dial
RM331,155
Free shipping
Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight M79030B-0001 New Steel 39mm Automatic Malaysia, Johor
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Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight
Blue
RM17,650
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Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M 210.32.42.20.03.001 Very good Steel 42mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
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Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M
210.32.42.20.03.001
RM17,050
+ RM52 for shipping
Girard Perregaux Laureato 81005D11A182511A New Steel 38mm Automatic
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Girard Perregaux Laureato
81005D11A182511A
RM55,824
+ RM705 for shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver 15707CE Very good 42mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver
15707
RM155,000
Excl. shipping
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15305OR.OO.D088CR.01 Very good Rose gold 39mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding
39mm Overworked Dial
RM500,000
+ RM237 for shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 77350CE.OO.1266CE.01 New Ceramic 34mm Automatic Malaysia, Sri Petaling
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding
77350CE Full Ceramic 34mm Selfwinding 2022
RM285,000
+ RM100 for shipping
Corum Admiral's Cup Challenger 986.691.13 Very good Rose gold 44mm Automatic Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
Corum Admiral's Cup Challenger
Split Second Rose Gold 44mm Auto (Used | Complete Set)
RM42,999
Free shipping
IWC Big Pilot IW329301 Very good Steel 43mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
IWC Big Pilot
Pilot's Watch 43 2022 IW329301
RM30,500
+ RM100 for shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph 26240OR.OO.1320OR.03 Very good Rose gold 41mm Automatic
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph
26240OR 50th Anniversary Chronograph 18K Rose Gold White Index Dial
RM386,506
Free shipping
Tudor Glamour Date M51000-0003 New Steel 26mm Automatic Malaysia, Johor
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Tudor Glamour Date
M51000-0003
RM8,219
Free shipping
Azimuth New Steel 54mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Azimuth
Twin Turbo
RM20,900
+ RM52 for shipping
Vacheron Constantin Patrimony 47052/000J-7963 Very good Yellow gold 36mm Automatic
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Vacheron Constantin Patrimony
Calendar
RM87,284
+ RM705 for shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15300ST.OO.1220ST.03 Very good Steel 39mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding
15300ST.OO.1220ST.03
RM185,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex GMT-Master II 116759SARU Very good White gold 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Rolex GMT-Master II
Gem Set Bezel Diamond
RM500,000
+ RM237 for shipping
Rolex Daytona 116500LN Very good Steel 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Sri Petaling
Rolex Daytona
116500LN Cosmograph Daytona White Dial AKA Panda 2020 NFC Card Preowned
RM145,999
+ RM100 for shipping
IWC Portofino Automatic IW356302 Very good Rose gold 39mm Automatic Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
IWC Portofino Automatic
IW356302 18K Rose Gold 39mm Auto (Used | Complete Set)
RM21,999
Free shipping
Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M 210.30.42.20.03.002 New Steel 42mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Omega Seamaster Diver 300 M
James Bond 60th Anniversary 2023
RM49,500
+ RM100 for shipping
Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5164A-001 Very good Steel 40mm Automatic
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Patek Philippe Aquanaut
5164A Dual Time Zone Steel Black Arabic Dial
RM426,718
Free shipping
Tudor Glamour Date-Day M56003-0008 New Gold/Steel 39mm Automatic Malaysia, Johor
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Tudor Glamour Date-Day
M56003-0008
RM14,699
Free shipping
Azimuth New Steel 55mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Azimuth
Crazy Rider
RM19,500
+ RM52 for shipping
Breguet Marine 5517BR/G3/9ZU New Rose gold 40mm Automatic
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Breguet Marine
Automatic 40 Mm
RM115,906
+ RM705 for shipping
Rolex Day-Date 36 18238 Very good Yellow gold 36mm Automatic Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu
Rolex Day-Date 36
36mm 18238 18k Yellow Gold Black Pyramid Dial w/Box and Paper
RM159,000
Excl. shipping
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Lady 26231OR.ZZ.D003CA.01 New Rose gold 37mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Lady
26231OR.ZZ.D003CA.01
RM308,000
+ RM237 for shipping
Rolex Day-Date 40 228239 Very good White gold 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Sri Petaling
Rolex Day-Date 40
228239 Day-Date Olive Green Dial 2021 Full Set Preowned
RM205,000
+ RM100 for shipping
Chopard L.U.C 168544-3001 Very good Steel 42mm Automatic Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
Chopard L.U.C
1937 Classic Roman 42mm Auto (Used | Near Complete Set)
RM18,499
Free shipping
Tudor Black Bay 79000N New Steel 37mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Tudor Black Bay
54 2023
RM17,300
+ RM100 for shipping
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 15450BA.OO.1256BA.01 Unworn Yellow gold 37mm Automatic
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding
15450BA 18K Yellow Gold White Dial
RM351,497
Free shipping
Tudor Glamour Date-Day M56003-0004 New Gold/Steel 39mm Automatic Malaysia, Johor
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Tudor Glamour Date-Day
M56003-0004
RM14,000
Free shipping
Zenith Defy 95.9000.670/78.R584 New Titanium 41mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Zenith Defy
Classic
RM25,900
+ RM52 for shipping
Blancpain Léman Tourbillon 2625-1542A-53B Very good White gold 38mm Automatic
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Blancpain Léman Tourbillon
Perpetual Calendar 8 Days
RM282,905
+ RM705 for shipping
Rolex Daytona 116503 Very good Steel 40mm Automatic Malaysia, 57000
Rolex Daytona
116503
RM110,000
Excl. shipping
Private Seller
Rolex GMT-Master II 126710BLNR New Steel 40mm Automatic Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Rolex GMT-Master II
Jubilee
RM88,000
+ RM237 for shipping
Rolex Submariner Date 126610lv Unworn Steel 41mm Automatic Malaysia, Sri Petaling
Rolex Submariner Date
126610LV 41mm Starbucks 2021 Unworn
RM75,800
+ RM100 for shipping
Tudor Fastrider Black Shield 42000CN-0016 Very good Ceramic 42mm Automatic Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
Tudor Fastrider Black Shield
42000CN Chronograph Ceramic 42mm Auto (Used | Complete Set)
RM15,299
Free shipping

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.