Priced at more than US$3,000 each, all 250 pieces sold out within 24 hours. Despite the collaboration, McUtchen described himself as a longtime quartz sceptic. He still appreciates the craftsmanship ...

Affordable homage captures Speedmaster Moonwatch essence without astronomical pricing. The 40mm case stands 14mm tall, ...

Quartz versus mechanical isn’t the only mark of quality though – there are plenty of excellent quartz watches and bargain basement mechanicals. The way a watch ticks is just the start.

Bulgari’s Serpenti Seduttori in two-tone steel and gold with the BVS100 movement is $16,800, for example, while the quartz two-tone version is $13,500 (both have diamond bezels).

The hybrid mechanical-quartz system provides a smooth, sweeping hand action that, the maker says, ‘represents the true motion of time’ Simon de Burton Published Oct 5 2020 ...

Mechanical movements can be hand-wound or self-wound via your wrist's motion during wear, which is known as "automatic" — a different thing, entirely, than quartz movements.

During what other countries called the quartz revolution, cut-price quartz watches contributed to the closure of 1,000 of Switzerland’s 1,600 domestic watchmakers between 1970 and 1983.

The Seiko Astron, the very first quartz watch available to consumers, was originally made available on Christmas Day 1969 for $8,000, the equivalent of over $50,000 today.

For digital watches, the vibrations of the quartz crystal is translated into seconds, minutes, hours and days, whereas in manual watches, different formulas are used to translate the vibration of ...