It’s why most analogue quartz watches have very thin hands. Grand Seiko use a higher torque stepper motor to be able to use their normal large dauphine hands.
Might be to save energy, yeah, not sure. The minute hand doesn't sweep, it does a part-tick every 20 seconds or so. So the majority of the time, nothing is moving.
It’s why most analogue quartz watches have very thin hands. Grand Seiko use a higher torque stepper motor to be able to use their normal large dauphine hands.