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2. Astron (wristwatch) - Wikipedia

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   The Astron was unveiled in Tokyo on December 25, 1969, after ten years of research and development at Suwa Seikosha (currently named Seiko Epson), a manufacturing company of Seiko Group. Within one week 100 gold watches had been sold, at a retail price of 450,000 yen ( US$1,250 (equivalent to $10,386 in 2023)) each (at the time, equivalent to ...

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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   In 1969, Seiko launched the Astron, the world's first commercial quartz wristwatch; when it was introduced, it cost the same as a medium-sized car. Seiko later went on to introduce the first quartz chronograph. [5] The year 1969 marked the launch of the Astron, as well as several other wristwatches that Seiko positioned as its own historical ...

5. History of watches - Wikipedia

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   Quartz Movement of the Seiko Astron (1969) The first quartz watch to enter production was the Seiko 35 SQ Astron, ... at students and businessmen at a price of about ...

6. 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 ...

7. How Much It Used to Cost to Go to the Movies - AOL

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   1969. Cost of a movie ticket: $1.44* Cost adjusted for inflation: $12.48. Highest-grossing film: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ... Think movie ticket prices have spiraled out of control ...

8. Epson - Wikipedia

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   The company has developed many timepiece technologies, such as the world's first portable quartz timer (Seiko QC-951) in 1963, the world's first quartz watch (Seiko Quartz Astron 35SQ) in 1969, the first automatic power-generating quartz watch (Seiko Auto-Quartz) in 1988, and the Spring Drive watch movement in 1999.

9. Gas Prices for Every Decade Since 1930 - AOL

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   Fuel prices held remarkably steady, climbing only to 34 cents by 1969. Because of inflation, 34 cents was worth only $2.83 in 1969, meaning the real price of gas had actually fallen.