Over at the Rado forum it is known as the tentacle dial, so close enough.
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Ahhh, you say that ......
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With pleasure. The ETA Autoquartz was developed from a test movement built by Swatch's research department. The concept was to be more environmentally friendly than a regular quartz watch. It has been claimed that the test movement inspired the Seiko Spring Drive.
The Autoquartz has 17 jewels and a winding rotor. The rotor charged a storage device. Early versions used a capacitor but it was a pain to change and service so it was eventually replaced by a Panasonic rechargeable battery. When fully wound the Autoquartz has a power reserve of 106 days. It is an early adopter of the four second jump to save power when it is running down. Prior to the inclusion of thermocompensation in COSC specs for a quartz movement the Autoquartz was regularly offered a chronometer. Without any modifications to the base movement. It has a microprocessor capable of minute timing adjustments. Rado has offered it in at lkeast three watch lines: in the Diastar as the Accustar, there were several versions of the Sintra with the Autoquartz and at least one Integral as well.
It is a pretty cool piece of watch tech, though it has been discontinued. The Mechanical revival seems to have made it obsolete for ETA.