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For Quartz lovers
When you are the director of Heuer Heritage and pushing for... "quartz"...
I was expecting more stories about the Caliber 12 Buren, Jack Heuer's incredible achievements with Ferrari and many others from the past to honor the fantastic achievements.
The R&D Director should be happy...
What a lovely period we are living... 
Source : https://timeandtidewatches.com/nicholas-biebuyck-consumer-interest-in-quartz-watches/
For Quartz lovers
When you are the director of Heuer Heritage and pushing for... "quartz"... I was expecting more stories about the Caliber 12 Buren, Jack Heuer's incredible achievements with Ferrari and many others from the past to honor the fantastic achievements. The R&...
There's no conflict between traditional watchmaking on one side
...and quartz regulation (and motor drive) on the other side. At least for analog watches, which regardless of the regulation method (balance wheel or quartz) and the drive (mainspring or motor), involves one or more geartrains. Motor drive is only the in...
I watched the video
In the video , the subject begins at 27:45. I think Nicholas Biebuyck was merely answering the moderator's question, and it was by no means intended to be a grand statement that ought to have touched on the TAG Heuer heritage. It seemed that he was there ...
Epson has had enormous success with their "spring drive" movements.
Including the best-sounding wristwatch minute repeater on the market.
The Samsung and Apple iWrist computer/phones are digital and very handy.
But they have no soul.
I actually like quartz
I wish there would be more thermo-compensated high accuracy quartz models on offer, would love a reissue of early Tag divers in titanium.
More Swiss groups need to join the thermo-compensated (TC) tier
So far, I can confirm Swatch (ETA) has in house TC, which they brand PreciDrive. Rolex has/had TC but no longer made any quartz movements. Breitling has TC ('SuperQuartz') through technology partners, e.g. MMT for the cal. B70 which may or may not be in-h...
I guess we are a bit of a special crowd when it is about (TAG) Heuer!
If you look at the photos on this forum section, most of the them celebrate the past or the new model with only "Heuer" on the dial (75% of the photos?). Maybe we are not fully representative of the customers of the brand, who stereotypically are sports/F...