Do quartz watches need to be serviced like mechanical ones?
No. Quartz watch movements do not need nearly as much maintenance as mechanical ones do. That’s because they have far fewer moving parts -just the gears that move the hands. (A digital watch has no moving parts at all). All that most quartz watches really require is that when the case is opened for a batter change, it be cleaned of accumulated dirt. However, some expensive quartz analog watch movements should have their gear train lubricated ever eight to 10 years. For inexpensive quartz watches, this isn’t worth doing.
