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2. Astron (wristwatch) - Wikipedia

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   The Astron wristwatch, formally known as the Seiko Quartz-Astron 35SQ, was the world's first "quartz clock" wristwatch. It is now registered on the List of IEEE Milestones as a key advance in electrical engineering .

3. Quartz crisis - Wikipedia

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   Quartz movement of the Seiko Astron, 1969. The quartz crisis (Swiss) or quartz revolution (America, Japan and other countries) was the advancement in the watchmaking industry caused by the advent of quartz watches in the 1970s and early 1980s, that largely replaced mechanical watches around the world.

4. Seiko - Wikipedia

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   Seiko Group Corporation (セイコーグループ株式会社, Seikō Gurūpu kabushiki gaisha), commonly known as Seiko (/ ˈ s eɪ k oʊ / SAY-koh, Japanese:), is a Japanese maker of watches, clocks, electronic devices, semiconductors, jewelry, and optical products.

5. Seikosha - Wikipedia

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   Seiko Quartz Astron 35SQ, the world's first commercial quartz watch developed by Suwa Seikosha. 1881 — Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop "K. Hattori" (Hattori Tokeiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.

6. Quartz clock - Wikipedia

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   [47] [52] In December 1969, Seiko produced the world's first commercial quartz wristwatch, the Seiko Quartz-Astron 35SQ [53] [54] which is now honored with IEEE Milestone. [55] [56] The Astron had a quartz oscillator with a frequency of 8,192 Hz and was accurate to 0.2 seconds per day, 5 seconds per month, or 1 minute per year. The Astron was ...

7. Spring Drive - Wikipedia

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   The Seiko Spacewalk is a limited edition Spring Drive model, designed specifically for use in space Spring Drive is a name given to a series of watch movements produced by Epson in Shiojiri . The concept of using a mainspring to power a quartz timing package was first conceived in 1977 by Yoshikazu Akahane (赤羽 好和) at Suwa Seikosha [ 1 ...