Automatic Watch Deals

Jaeger LeCoultre Master Compressor Memovox Automatic Mens Watch Q1708170 Automatic watch deal: A strong, masculine watch for the man who wishes he was, too. This deal of the day is $5795 (44% off the $10,400 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Oris BC4 Flight Timer Automatic Mens Watch 690-7615-4154MB Automatic watch deal: A beautiful, classic, intricate watch for a man that won’t compromise between quality and style. This deal of the day is $1495 (60% off the $3775 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Jaeger LeCoultre Master Compressor Automatic Chronograph Mens Watch Q1758170 Automatic watch deal: An awesome watch that brings you a Summer Vacation level of exhilaration and excitement. This deal of the day is $6395 (43% off the $11,150 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Andre Giroud by Croton Mens Automatic Watch AG305151BSBK Automatic watch deal: A suave, classic watch that will enhance your personal style. This deal of the day is $69 (86% off the $500 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Chopard LUC Pro One Automatic Chronometer Mens Watch 15/8912 Automatic watch deal: A classy, attention-grabbing, wardrobe-upgrading, watch from Chopard. This deal of the day is $4995 (76% off the $11,700 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Jaeger LeCoultre Master Compressor Geographic Automatic Mens Watch Q1718170 Automatic watch deal: A well built watch with a chiseled design that’s been the favorite of navigators, astronomers, geographers and explorers around the world. This deal of the day is $6575 (45% off the $11,950 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Invicta Mens Force Collection Automatic Watch 5841 Automatic watch deal: A beautiful, classic, intricate watch for a man that won’t compromise between quality and style. This deal of the day is $74 (88% off the $595 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

IWC Ingenieur Automatic Climate Action Limited Edition Mens Watch IW3234-02 Automatic watch deal: A bold, unique, well-crafted, stylish watch for the true alpha male. This deal of the day is $5395 (39% off the $8900 retail price) with free shipping. Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Andre Giroud by Croton Mens Automatic Watch AG305151BSRG Automatic watch deal: A sleek, automatic watch for men made of leather and steel in your choice of colors. This deal of the day is $69 (86% off the $500 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Oris TT3 Day Date Titanium Automatic Black Rubber Mens Watch 635-7588-7069RS Automatic watch deal: Your long search is over. The greatest watch ever has been found. This deal of the day is $645 (58% off the $1550 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Invicta Pro Diver Automatic Mens Stainless Steel Black Dial Watch 6925 Automatic watch deal: A sleek, powerful timepiece from Invicta. This deal of the day is $99.99 (83% off the $595 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Jomashop Dual Automatic Black Watch Winder with Blue LED's Automatic watch deal: A sleek automatic watch winder that you won’t be able to stop staring at. This deal of the day is $14.99 (81% off the $79.99 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Jomashop Dual Automatic Red Watch Winder with Blue LED's Automatic watch deal: An affordable yet quality watch winder that will get the job done without breaking two seconds later. This deal of the day is $29.99 (83% off the $179 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Police Roadstar Automatic Mens Watch 10286JS/02 Automatic watch deal: A really sick watch. Sick as in “awesome,” not sick as in “sick.” This deal of the day is $79.99 (75% off the $320 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Movado SE Extreme Automatic Mens Watch 0606291 Automatic watch deal: A stunning, comfortable watch that your dad or any fella could really use. This deal of the day is $895 (51% off the $1995 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Haurex Italy Maestro Automatic Mens Watch AD330USH Automatic watch deal: A sleek, gorgeous, functional luxury watch from Haurex. This deal of the day is $199.99 (89% off the $1775 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Tissot T-Sport PRS516 Automatic Chronograph Mens Watch T91.1.417.31 Automatic watch deal: A sleek steel men’s luxury watch for a sleek, steel luxury man. Um, that came out wrong. I meant to make a Superman reference. Sorry if you’re uncomfortable now. This deal of the day is $549 (50% off the $1095 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Oris Williams F1 Chronograph Mens Automatic Watch 673-7563-4184RS Automatic watch deal: An hot designer watch that’s so good, you’ll make two sequels to it that will also be incredible, then make three prequel versions that suck. This deal of the day is $1099 (61% off the $2850 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Bulova Diamond Accented Automatic Ladies Watch 96R122 Automatic watch deal: A sweet bangle ladies watch from Bulova. This deal of the day is $345 (64% off the $750 retail price). FREE SHIPPING! Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Chanel J12 Ceramic Chronograph Automatic Diamond Mens Watch H1008 Automatic watch deal: An awesome looking ceramic Chanel watch. Hey. It’s Chanel, bro. CHANEL. Heavily Discounted. Do it. This deal of the day is $10,295 (35% off the $15,750 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Timex SL Automatic Mens Watch T2M931 Automatic watch deal: A powerful automatic watch that will get you out of many a sticky situation. This deal of the day is $119 (47% off the $224.95 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Gevril GV2 Classic Girondola Automatic Mens Watch 4131L Automatic watch deal: A beautifully classic timepiece that’s so awesome, Godzilla will steal it from you if you let him. This deal of the day is $298 (89% off the $2695 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Breitling Bentley 6.75 Automatic Mens Watch K4436212-G5-439X Automatic watch deal: A stylish luxury watch to keep you going with every new season. This deal of the day is $15,995 (44% off the $28,400 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Ebel Brasilia Automatic Mens Watch 9120M4162500 Automatic watch deal: A sweet watch that every man in America and beyond should own. This deal of the day is $1195 (66% off the $3500 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Oris BC4 Chronograph Automatic Mens Watch 674-7633-4764LS Automatic watch deal: A watch so classic and chic, it’s addicting. This deal of the day is $1349 (74% off the $3775 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Jomashop Silver Automatic Watch Winder Automatic watch deal: A sleek automatic watch winder that you won’t be able to stop staring at. This deal of the day is $14.99 (81% off the $79.99 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Invicta Automatic Scuba Diver Mens Watch 6926 Automatic watch deal: This watch is so good it will ruin other watches for you. This deal of the day is $99 (93% off the $595 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Corum Admirals Cup Challenge Automatic Mens Watch 75369120V701-AN92 Automatic watch deal: A killer awesome watch from the Corum Admirals Cup line.This deal of the day is $3,595 (47% off the $6,800 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Police Portland Reserve-X Mens Automatic Watch 11789JSTBS/02 Automatic watch deal: Let me see your license, registration, and proof of sleek black men’s automatic watch from the one and only Police brand. This deal of the day is $129 (71% off the $450 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Cartier Roadster Automatic Mens Watch W62048V3 Automatic watch deal: FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL: Want to get a larger piece of your father’s inheritance when he dies? Get him this watch. This deal of the day is $3895 (36% off the $6050 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Oris Williams F1 Team Mens Day Date Automatic Watch 735-7634-4764RS Automatic watch deal: Can’t wait for the weekend? This watch should help get you through. This deal of the day is $649 (58% off the $1550 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Invicta Pro Diver Collection Automatic Mens Watch 9094 Automatic watch deal: A sleek, powerful water-resistant watch from Invicta that’s a real treasure. This deal of the day is $69 (78% off the $315 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Gevril First Generation Automatic Mens Watch A0111R2B Automatic watch deal: Memorial Day Special: A sleek, luxury watch for you to enjoy all weekend long. This deal of the day is $289 (87% off the $2250 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Haurex Italy Maestro Automatic Mens Watch AR330UWH Automatic watch deal: A Rose-gold toned luxury timepiece from the one and only Haurex. This deal of the day is $199 (90% off the $1900 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Timex SL Black Steel Automatic Mens Watch T2M516 Automatic watch deal: A sleek, black luxury watch from the one and only Timex. This deal of the day is $114 (49% off the $224.95 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Police Road Star Automatic Mens Watch 10286JS/01B Automatic watch deal: A sleek, high-quality time piece that will make you leak eye-fluids of joy. This deal of the day is $99.99 (69% off the $320 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Police Escape Automatic Mens Watch 10287JS/02B Automatic watch deal: This watch is so good it will ruin other watches for you. Your choice of two styles. This deal of the day is $119.95 (68% off the $375 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Police Escape Automatic Mens Watch 10287JS/02A Automatic watch deal: This watch is so good it will ruin other watches for you. Your choice of two styles. This deal of the day is $119.95 (68% off the $375 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Invicta Mako Pro Diver Automatic Mens Watch 8928C Automatic watch deal: A sleek, well-built watch that you won’t be able to stop staring at. This deal of the day is $79.99 (77% off the $345 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Gevril GV2 Stadium Automatic Mens Watch 4009B Automatic watch deal: A true power watch. This deal of the day is $299 (86% off the $2195 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Haurex Italy Blaze Automatic Mens Watch CD333UMH Automatic watch deal: A gorgeous Italian Haurex that will keep you blazin’. This deal of the day is $209.99 (90% off the $2050 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Police Roadstar Automatic Mens Watch 10286JS/02 Automatic watch deal: A really sick watch. Sick as in “awesome,” not sick as in “sick.” This deal of the day is $79.99 (75% off the $320 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Tissot T-One Ladies Automatic Watch T038.207.11.057.00 Automatic watch deal: A gorgeous, formal Tissot that perfectly personifies the miracle of Spring. Seriously. This deal of the day is $289.99 (51% off the $595 retail price). Sale ends at midnight tonight (EST).

Invicta Men's Pro Diver Collection Automatic Watch 8926 Automatic watch deal: It's about frickin time: a quality timepiece at the height of precision and style that won't cost me the right arm of my first born child. Affordable quality has been the mission of Invicta from the get-go. And now this ridiculously classy timepiece can be yours for even less, because it's the latest watch to be put on the Joma deal-of-the-day chopping block o’ fun.

Invicta Mens Pro Diver Collection Automatic Watch 8926C Automatic watch deal: The return of the high-quality, high demand Pro Driver collection. This deal of the day is $65 (79% off the $315 retail price). This watch comes with a coin-edge bezel for an added aesthetic punch that not only looks cool but can double as a rope cutter should you ever find yourself apprehended...

Invicta Corduba Automatic Diver Black Men’s Watch 7227 Automatic watch deal: A tough, sporty men’s diver from Invicta. Yours today for only $122.99 (77% off the $525 retail price). Deal ends at midnight (EST).

Invicta Corduba Automatic Diver White Men’s Watch 7226 Automatic watch deal: A tough, sporty men’s diver from Invicta. Yours today for only $122.99 (77% off the $525 retail price). This sleek but tough men’s watch is great at the office, but even better if the office suddenly fills with water and you need to swim your way to safety and rescue the hot receptionist.

Invicta Signature Collection Corduba Automatic Watch Automatic watch deal: A beautiful, classic, intricate watch for a man that won’t compromise between quality and style. This deal of the day is $132 (76% off the $560 retail price). It would look great in a nice suit. It would look great in a cheap suit. Heck, you could show up wearing absolutely nothing, and people would say, “Hey, great suit. Where’d you get that watch?”

Invicta Pro Diver Automatic Mens Watch 6053 Automatic watch deal: Another fantastic watch from the Best Selling Invicta Pro Driver line. Yours today for only $60 (88% off the $495 retail price). This is our best selling watch. It always sells out, so if you like it (and I say this in all seriousness, which I rarely do), buy it now, because it will sell out quickly.

GV2 By Gevril Girondola Automatic Mens Watch 4130B Automatic watch deal: The high end, sophisticated men’s watch with an illustrious history. This deal of the day is $399 (78% off the $2,795 retail price). Sometimes history smiles down on mankind and gives us something extraordinary: fire, the wheel, indoor plumbing, the internet, the Snuggie, and now…the GV2 Girondolo Men’s Watch by Gevril.

Invicta Pro Diver Automatic Skeleton Mens Watch 9937C Automatic watch deal: The sleek, inventive, intricate men’s watch at a huge discount. This deal of the day is $249 (80% off the $1295 retail price). This watch is usually pretty expensive, so you know its high quality, but we’re stripping the price down to the bare bones for a truly rock bottom price.

History of Automatic watches

The Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Perrelet invented a self-winding mechanism in 1770 for pocket watches. It worked on the same principle as a modern pedometer, and was designed to wind as the owner walked, using an oscillating weight inside the large watch that moved up and down. The Geneva Society of Arts reported in 1776 that fifteen minutes walking was necessary to wind the watch sufficiently for eight days, and the following year reported that it was selling well.

Perrelet sold some of his watches to a contemporary watch making luminary, Abraham-Louis Breguet around 1780 who improved upon the mechanism in his own version of the design, calling his watches "perpetuelles" the French word for perpetual. They did not work reliably and Breguet stopped producing them around 1800. Self-winding mechanisms by August Ritter von Löhr of Austria patented in the 1880's 'Bumper' wristwatches: 1923

Self winding mechanisms were more successful in wristwatches because the rotor could operate every time that the owner moved his or her arm. The first version did not appear until after World War I, when wristwatches became popular. It was invented by a watch repairer from the Isle of Man named John Harwood in 1923, who took out a UK patent with his financial backer, Harry Cutts, on 7 July 1923, and a corresponding Swiss patent on 16 October 1923. The Harwood system used a pivoting weight which swung as the wearer moved, and which in turn wound the mainspring. The ratchet mechanism only wound the mainspring when moving in one direction. The weight didn't rotate a full 360°; spring bumpers limited its swing to about 180°, to encourage a back and forth motion. This early type of self-winding mechanism is now referred to as a 'hammer' or 'bumper'.

When fully wound, Harwood's watch would run for 12 hours autonomously. It did not have a conventional stem winder, so the hands were moved manually by rotating a bezel around the face of the watch. The watches were first produced with the help of Swiss watch manufacturer Fortis and went on sale in 1928. 30,000 were made before the Harwood Self-Winding Watch Company collapsed in 1931 as a result of the Great Depression. 'Bumper' watches were the first commercially successful automatic watches; they were made by several high grade watch manufacturers during the 1930s and 1940s.

Rolex

The Rolex Watch Company improved Harwood's design in 1930 and used it as the basis for the Rolex Oyster Perpetual, in which the centrally mounted semi-circular weight could rotate through a full 360° rather than the 300° of the 'bumper' winder. Rolex's version also increased the amount of energy stored in the mainspring, allowing it to run autonomously for up to 35 hours.

By the 1960s, automatic winding became standard in quality mechanical watches. Because the weighted rotor needed in an automatic watch takes up a lot of room in the case, increasing the thickness of the watch, some high end watch companies, such as Patek Philippe, continue to design manually wound watches, which can achieve a case thickness as low as 1.77 millimeters.