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2. Omega Electroquartz - Wikipedia

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   By the end of the 1970s and into the early 1980s the industry had made such advances in quartz watch technology that Omega were producing 18-carat models which were less than 2mm thick (the dinosaur) which were accurate to 5 seconds per month, as shown in the attached image of watches, which is a stark demonstration of how far quartz technology ...

3. Omega Marine Chronometer - Wikipedia

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   OMC calibre 1516. The Omega Marine Chronometer was the first quartz wristwatch ever to be awarded certified status as a marine chronometer.The watch was made by Omega SA and developed by John Othenin-Girard and is one of the most accurate non thermo-compensated production watches ever made, keeping time to within 1 second per month [1]

4. Quartz clock - Wikipedia

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   It is also possible for quartz clocks and watches to have their quartz crystal oscillate at a higher frequency than 32 768 (= 2 15) Hz (high frequency quartz movements [4]) and/or generate digital pulses more than once per second, to drive a stepping motor powered second hand at a higher power of 2 than once every second, [5] but the electric ...

5. 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.

6. Bulova's New Watches Deliver '70s Glamour (Without the ... - AOL

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   The collaboration began in 2023 with a limited-edition Jet Star watch that reimagined a Bulova watch from 1973. It was a proof of concept that well-designed watches need not always cost the earth.

7. Omega Chrono-Quartz - Wikipedia

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   Omega calibre 1611 Chrono-Quartz case back with olympic logo. The Omega Chrono-Quartz is rare amongst modern wristwatches as the calibre 1611 was had a module exclusive to itself; only 15,000 units were made. [5] The production version of the watch was introduced at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games and at the same time Omega sponsored the event.