Partly made from recycled materials the Casio G-Shock G-5600SRF Surfrider Foundation looks like it has already been used for years
A quartz movement uses an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. The crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency, which is why this type of movement is far more accurate than a mechanical watch. And it is easier and cheaper to produce, the reason why watches with a quartz movement are mostly cheaper than mechanical watches.
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The first quartz clock was built in 1927 by Warren Marrison and J.W. Horton at Bell Telephone Laboratories. In the “who will be the first” race for a quartz wristwatch Seiko was first. In December 1969 they produced the world’s first commercial quartz wristwatch, the Astron. That was just before a union of 16 Swiss watchmakers introduced the Beta21 quartz movement that was used by Omega, Rolex and Patek Philippe in their watches.
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Watches with a quartz movement
A new Edox Chronorally 45, with a redesigned case and updated dial design, but still pretty huge with 45 millimeters
To make the Endurance available for a broader audience the Breitling Professional Endurance Pro is now available in 38 and 44 millimeters
The Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time Ref. 5269R is now available without gems, still in a subtle size and still with a quartz movement
The Tissot PR100 Tour de France and Tissot PR100 La Vuelta a España are connected to two of the three biggest multistage bicycle races
The Nivada Grenchen Chronoking Mecaquartz Salmon is one of the best looking chronographs on the market below 500
The Swatch x Omega Moonswatch Mission on Earth Series is the continuation of the saga of the colab between Swatch and Omega
The Certina DS-7 Chronograph Padel Edition by Marta Ortega is a new and special edition of the quartz-driven DS-7, now in black PVD
This Tissot T-Race MotoGP Chronograph 2024 Limited Edition is a quartz underlining Tissot’s status as timekeeper of the MotoGP
A dress watch with a dial from paper, this is he Citizen The ‘Citizen’ Limited Edition, created for the 100th anniversary of the brand