Though once poo-poo’d, watch collectors are waking up to quartz. It’s increasingly appreciated for all the reasons that made the technology successful in the first place: accuracy, robustness and cost. But it also holds a special place in the history of watches and timekeeping itself. The history of quartz timekeeping goes back to clocks using the tech back in the early 20th century. The first quartz wristwatch (see below) came in 1969, but the ‘quartz era’ when it
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