====== Electronic watch ======

**Electronic watches** are usually operated by the current from a battery (special case: in addition to this, the current is also supplied by a [[solar]] cell).

The time standard ([[rate]]) is generated by a circuit of electronic components and controlled by means of a quartz-stabilized oscillating circuit.

A further development is the [[radio-controlled watch]], in which a time signal (atomic time) emitted by a time transmitter is received regularly and the standard time is synchronized with it.

===== See also =====
  * [[Electric watch]]
  * [[Quartz watch]]
  * [[Smartwatch]]
  * [[Solar watch]]

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