Fascinating study of how Seiko outperformed Longines in developing the first quartz

[Matt]

I turned this up looking for something else and spent half an hour absolutely spell bound - it's undeniably a bit dry and academic in both tone and content, but very detailed and gives a slightly different (and wholly believable) account of why the Swiss suffered so badly at the hands of the Japanese.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.ed...3b34131a94ad4b

It's not a quick read, but it is a worthy one, which is why I thought I'd share it.

Oh, and in a bit of an exclusive, the Smiths Quasar, the first British quartz watch, used an Intersil CMOS using a 6 rather than 10 micrometer process that allowed Smiths to get a 7^1- 3^3 - 2^13 cascade and all the gubbins into a single low drain IC despite running a high frequency lenticular quartz. (That was what I was looking for!)

[OhDark30]

Another cool Quasar find - well done!
It’s always nice to hear about *elegant* solutions to problems

And the Seiko article link isn’t working for me :-(

[tribe125]

And the Seiko article link isn’t working for me :-(

Not for me, either.

[litlmn]

Try this:

https://www.academia.edu/39784545/Dy...apan_1960-1980

[rodia77]

Looking at the link, it's probably this paper:

https://www.academia.edu/39784545/Dy...apan_1960-1980

https://www.researchgate.net/publica...APAN_1960-1980

[rodia77]

Try this:

https://www.academia.edu/39784545/Dy...apan_1960-1980

Pshhh, beat me.

[OhDark30]

Thanks all
Interesting read

[Matt]

Thanks all, I really should know to check a link first by now!