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  2. Automatic quartz - Wikipedia

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    As of 2007, Seiko has sold more than eight million automatic quartz watches. [2] The different calibres of Kinetic watches currently are relatively large and heavy, weighing in at 1/3 of a pound (150 grams) or more on many models. Therefore, most Seiko Kinetic watches are only available in a men's size. Movement calibers: 1M20; 3M21 3M22 ...

  3. Seiko - Wikipedia

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    Seiko put a second crystal in the watch that is linked with a processor that detects the change in temperature and signals the main oscillator to compensate. The result was a huge improvement in the watch's accuracy from five seconds per month to five seconds per year. Kinetic watches were introduced by Seiko in 1986 at the Basel Fair Trade ...

  4. Seiko Instruments - Wikipedia

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    Seiko Instruments Inc. (セイコーインスツル株式会社, Seikō Insutsuru Kabushiki-gaisha) (SII) is a Japanese company, which develops and commercializes semiconductor, micromechatronics, and precision machining technologies. It is one of the business units of Seiko Group Corporation (f/k/a Seiko Holdings).

  5. Spring Drive - Wikipedia

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    The Spring Drive uses a conventional mainspring [3] and barrel [4] along with automatic and/or stem winding to store energy, just as in a mechanical watch. [3] However, the escapement and balance wheel in mechanical watches is replaced by Seiko's Tri-synchro Regulator system, a phase-locked loop wherein a rotor, which Seiko refers to as a "glide wheel", is powered by the mainspring barrel via ...

  6. Pulsar (watch) - Wikipedia

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    Pulsar P4 Time Computer with LED display ref. 3215-2 mens stainless steel watch circa 1975 Made in the USA A Pulsar LED watch from 1976. In 1970, Pulsar was a brand of the American Hamilton Watch Company which first announced that it was making and bringing the LED watch to market.

  7. Kinetic Playground - Wikipedia

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    The Grateful Dead performing at the Kinetic Playground in July 1969. The Kinetic Playground was a short-lived nightclub located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The club was opened on April 3, 1968, as the Electric Theater [1] by Aaron Russo and was located at 4812 N. Clark Street (NW corner of Clark and Lawrence).

  8. Automatic watch - Wikipedia

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    Backside view of an automatic watch with exhibition case back, showing its movement.The semicircular central rotor which winds the mainspring is plainly visible. Video of the rotor turning in an automatic wristwatch having a glass back, when the watch is moved by hand

  9. Applied kinesiology - Wikipedia

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    Applied kinesiology (AK) is a pseudoscience-based technique [1] in alternative medicine claimed to be able to diagnose illness or choose treatment by testing muscles for strength and weakness.