The easiest way to tell if a watch is mechanical or quartz is checking for text imprinted on its dial or caseback, but there are also visual cues. If you observe the actual movement of a watch, quartz movements are 'jumpier' and move once every second, while mechanical movements have a smooth, sweeping motion.

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