Grand Seiko, for example, has an exceptional quartz movement known as the Caliber 9F. Citizen has the light-powered Caliber 0100, which the company says is accurate to within one second a year.

Citizen Caliber 0100 Courtesy. Upon its release in 2019, the Caliber 0100 became the world’ most accurate light-powered watch, with a stated accuracy of +/- one second per year.What’s more, the ...

David Campo, founder and creative director of Nezumi Studios, a small watch brand based in Stockholm, also uses a meca-quartz movement in many of his chronographs. Using quartz keeps the costs down ...

The automatic movement, which most sources believe was invented around the 1770s, is almost exactly the same as its manual counterpart. The only difference is how it’s powered.

Similar to the Grand Seiko quartz watches fitted with the 9F movement, it went even further by being equipped with both a perpetual calendar and an hour hand which could be moved in discrete one ...

And although quartz would one day democratize the watch industry, it didn’t start that way. The Seiko Astron, the very first quartz watch available to consumers, was originally made available on ...

Quartz versus mechanical isn’t the only mark of quality though – there are plenty of excellent quartz watches and bargain basement mechanicals. Advertisement - Page continues below The way a ...

The case is made of titanium and it uses the Caliber B55 with a “SuperQuartz” movement meaning the quartz crystal has been tested at a range of temperatures and situations.

Like the venerable Mercedes 280 Diesels that have done time as Third World taxis and limousines alike, the Valjoux 7750 cannot be dismissed as a second-rate movement. While quartz was still on top, a ...