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Technology...
Apr 07, 2007,05:02 AM
One of the beauties of quartz watches is that it's a "true" technology. It's built on older technologies, it contributes to other current technologies and will contribute to future technologies that will, eventually, replace it (or, at least, shuffle it into a niche where enthusiasts will set up internet sites and, oh.... wait a minute..).
One of the possible attractions of mechanical watches is that it's feasible for one man to make a watch. The fact that this isn't the case for quartz watches makes them, I think, a greater testament to humanity's ability to co-operate and disseminate knowledge - it can't me made by a man but it can be made by mankind. Research work for quartz horology has also contributed greatly to low power consumption electronics. Quartz timekeeping is at least as interesting as mechanical timekeeping.
Quartz horology was taken seriously enough by the Swiss fo them to have founded the CEH.
The short answer to your question is yes. I'm piecing together a short article on the history of quartz horology, if you'd like a draft copy then email me.
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historical quartz question
By: Chromatic Fugue : April 6th, 2007-09:59
The lovely shots below of the Citizen Campanolas led me to ask myself a question that I'm sure more than a few people here can answer: Was there ever a time when serious watchmakers/WIS's found quartz technology as wonderful and beguiling as they find mec...
Hello, Mr. Fugue. . .
By: Jack Forster : April 6th, 2007-10:53
. . .may I call you Chromatic? Well, I think that quartz certainly at one time exerted more of an overt intellectual fascination than it currently does. Seiko came out with the first quartz watch- the Astron- in December of 1969 and since then there have ...
thanks, Jack . . . .
By: Chromatic Fugue : April 6th, 2007-13:07
. . . . that's fascinating. As to your introductory question, you can call me Jon! I named myself after the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue (BWV 903), one of my favorite Bach pieces. As I think about it, those who are fascinated with complex mechanical moveme...
Thank you for . . .
By: Jack Forster : April 6th, 2007-14:06
. . .sharing the name behind the name! Well, you raise an interesting point. You know, despite the layers of other- and I hasten to add, perfectly legit -levels of engagement with horology, it has always been the relationship between the mechanical embodi...
Technology...
By: roba : April 7th, 2007-05:02
One of the beauties of quartz watches is that it's a "true" technology. It's built on older technologies, it contributes to other current technologies and will contribute to future technologies that will, eventually, replace it (or, at least, shuffle it i...
