Coolest Quartz technology?

Coolest isn’t on the list. Most accurate watch ever made.

Grand Seiko 9F

Seiko VH31. Not nearly as smooth as the 262 from Bulova, but for a $15 movement, it will fix any seconds hand alignment OCD issues.

In this selection, tough choice between the Bulova or the Eco-Drive movement. The 262kHz is really nice to look at and the Eco-Drive is the ultimate definition of set and forget. My Eco-Drive never stopped ticking for the last 16 years without any issues.

Forgot Radio Frequency and Atomic Timekeeping

Grand Seiko 8J

Farer Ainsdale, discontinued too bad. Flyback, split chrono, all kinds of goodness

Brietling Super Quartz, thermo compensated and all!

Solarbeat

Longines ultra-quartz from the early 70s. The first and only cybernetic watch. A complete nightmare of a movement but an interesting concept.

Seiko Kinetic? Here's mine, SKA201

You could argue spring drive is quartz technology.

I mean it eats light and spits it out as time keeping, solar's pretty cool.

8F32 from SEIKO.

Wow, nightmare is right! All those solder joints better be perfect!

i hope the success of the jetstar models shows them how badly people want good looking precisionist watches

I wanted one of these on the bracelet,until they said the sale price 🤪😂🤔don't know where they got that number from 😬

I know, I will get one but at a price I want to pay. It’s a master class in absolute precision and when you think Credor would charge 50k for a spring drive watch (albeit with a stunning hand painted dial) it shows that a lot of manufacturers charge what they think they can get away with. I’m sure it hasn’t escaped Rolex’s notice that a there is a lot of people happy to pay above list.

Totally agree my friend don't see many for sale ether,no its definitely not slipped by them now there selling there second hand watches for more than there knew ones 🙄😂cheeky anyone doing it just backwards them joining in.

Hamilton PSR

I’d argue that it’s still quartz timekeeping, because time is maintained by quartz crystals and the electromagnetic glide wheel. The mechanical gear train creates the energy and moves the hands. The regulation itself is accomplished via quartz tech.

That’s just me though. Maybe I’m way off.

Sinn Ux high torque thermo compensated quatz it sits in an oil filled case and movement is rated to 500 bar before timekeeping is affected also rated to +/- 10 seconds a year seven jewels and fully serviceable.

Eco-Drive baybeeeeeeeeeee

No I think you’re right on. Spring Drive is 100% a quartz timekeeping movement, and that’s something to be proud of, not shameful of! I think as technology develops it’s important to start separating the pieces. There are three pieces:

1. Where does energy come from (battery, solar, kinetic-direct, kinetic-spring, … [future tech])

2. How is time kept (quartz, AT-cut quartz, SC-cut quartz, thermocompensated quartz, …[future tech])

3. How is time displayed (electric escapement, Lavet stepper, magnetic brake, LCD display, electrostatic drive, …[future tech])

“Normal” quartz = battery + quartz + stepper

EcoDrive = solar + quartz + stepper

Seiko Kinect = kinetic-direct + quartz + stepper

Spring Drive = kinetic-spring + quartz + magnetic brake

Spaceview = battery + quartz + electrostatic drive

GS Quartz = battery + thermocompensated quartz + stepper

Citizen 0100 = solar + AT-cut thermocompensated quartz + stepper

Etc etc

I'd say spring drive.

I would agree woth the citizen 0100 caliber, is the most accurate and in a pretty design.

ETA's thermocompensated PreciDrive movements.

+/-10s/year

Available in watches as inexpensive as $250

Grand Seiko 9F and it’s not even close

Grand Seiko has the coolest quartz technology. It’s measured in seconds it loses per YEAR, not per month or day.

so does the precisionist 😬