Quartz watches are definitely better. The main reason to buy a watch is to be on time.
Light energy watches are also called solar watches. As long as the surface is exposed to light, they can move and last for a while in places without light. The light energy watch is definitely the focus of attention. Wearing the light energy watch will definitely attract people's interest. It can become a topic that people talk about no matter when or where.
Quartz watch is one of the types of watches, and it is called quartz watch in English. The use of quartz crystals in watches is a modern invention. The first quartz watch first appeared in 1969. That year, the Japanese company Seiko discovered how to make tuning forks from quartz. The first quartz watch to enter production was the Seiko Astronomer 35 Square, launched in 1957 by the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The solar energy you are referring to refers to light kinetic energy. There are usually letters quartz on the quartz dial, which means quartz watch.
At present, light kinetic energy watches should only be sold by Citizen in Japan, such as indicated above. There will be a logo for a photo-kinetic watch, which appears to be Ecology-Drive.
There are very few purely solar watches now. The electronic watches I wore as a kid are solar powered, with solar panels on them, like the calculations on the device.