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  2. Speidel - Wikipedia

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    At first, only jewelry chain was made in the new facilities. During the 1920s, costume jewelry and watchbands were added to the line. [9] [10] Men's watchbands surged in popularity due to their use in the military during World War I. [11]

  3. Rolex Oysterquartz - Wikipedia

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    It faced the Asian markets seeking to keep alive interest in Swiss watchmaking, an industry that seemed dominated by the Japanese quartz watch. The Datejust Oysterquartz dates back to 1976. [ 2 ] The design differs greatly from the classic Rolex line and carved characteristics of the period: a completely angular case, an integrated band with a ...

  4. Omega Electroquartz - Wikipedia

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    The first production watches were introduced to the market in 1970 very shortly after the world's first commercial quartz wristwatch, the Seiko-Quartz Astron 35SQ in December 1969. The beta 21 is noteworthy and significantly important to the history of watch making as well as the Astron as it marked the first quartz watch produced on an ...

  5. Doxa S.A. - Wikipedia

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    The watch can be used to calculate decompression times, and other information useful to divers. It was originally rated to a depth of 300 meters, later increased to 750 meters. In 1968 DOXA became part of Synchron S.A. Soon after the introduction of the Sub300t, the Swiss watch industry was devastated by the introduction of quartz watches.

  6. Concord Watch - Wikipedia

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    From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, Concord produced luxury quartz watches. Flagship quartz models such as the Concord Centurion and Concord Delirium ranged from $2,000 to $20,000, surpassing the price of base automatic Rolex, Cartier and Omega wristwatches. By the 1990s, Concord watches fell out of style and grew obsolete amidst the ...

  7. Omega Marine Chronometer - Wikipedia

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    The first prototypes of the ‘1500 family’ quartz watch (which later developed into the Marine Chronometer) were presented at the Basel Fair in 1970 as calibre 1500, developed by Omega and the Battelle Geneva Research Institute. Known as the ‘Elephant’, there are rumored to have been only five examples of this watch made by Omega.

  8. Omega Chrono-Quartz - Wikipedia

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    The 1970s was a period of rapid development in quartz watch technology, between 1970 and 1980 the quartz era had taken hold of the entire watch making industry and the era saw rapid development in the quartz watch industry. Omega calibre 1611 Chrono-Quartz movement

  9. Quartz crisis - Wikipedia

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    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.

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