Grand Seiko is no stranger to groundbreaking, sometimes industry-shattering, innovations. This is, after all, the company which in 1969 sparked the quartz crisis when it unveiled the Quartz Astron—a ...

Seiko revived its 1980s Astronaut A829 model as the “Rotocall” digital watch The watch’s bi-directional bezel selects between eight functions for ease of use It’s powered by a quartz movement and is ...

The meca-quartz chronograph marries battery-based watchmaking with a “mechanical feel.” While those looking for the “feel” of a mechanical watch have a variety of affordable, basic three-hand options, ...

Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the 1969 Seiko Quartz Astron. Many of the ...

Christmas Day 1969: Richard Nixon is in power; the second manned Moon mission has just returned to Earth; and The Beatles are at number one in the albums chart with Abbey Road. Over in Tokyo, another ...

The story of the mechanical timepiece has always been one of relentless progress towards accuracy, usually by tiny, gradual increments. From Christiaan Huygens’ first watch to the observatory tests of ...