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  2. Astron (wristwatch) - Wikipedia

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    Introduced. December 25, 1969. Quartz Movement of the Seiko Astron, 1969 (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. Inv. 2010-006) 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. [1][2] It caused a significant decline of ...

  4. Quartz clock - Wikipedia

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    Quartz clocks and quartz watches are timepieces that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency, so that quartz clocks and watches are at least an order of magnitude more accurate than mechanical clocks. Generally, some form of digital logic ...

  5. Seiko - Wikipedia

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    Seiko Astron. The Seiko Astron series is a quartz watch which receives time information and location information from GPS satellites. [32] These watches also have a solar panel which means that the battery does not need to be replaced.

  6. Omega Electroquartz - Wikipedia

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    The Omega Electroquartz was introduced in 1969 as the first Swiss quartz watch to be produced. It was the collaboration of 20 Swiss watch companies and the movement was utilised by Rolex, Patek Phillipe and Omega amongst others. The Beta 21 movement used in the Electroquartz was accurate to 5 seconds per month, far better than any automatic or ...

  7. 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, which hit the shelves on 25 December 1969, which was the world's most accurate wristwatch to date. [43]

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