Horological Meandering

roba
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Technology...

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.