The First Quartz Electronic Watch

  • Christian Piguet
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 2451)

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to present the history of the quartz electronic watch. The first quartz watch was a Swiss wristwatch presented in 1967. It was exactly 20 years after the invention of the transistor. Today Switzerland and Japan are dominant on the market of electronic watches. In Switzerland, the competencies in low-power electronics come directly from the watch industry.

Keywords

Frequency Divider CMOS Technology Quartz Oscillator Quartz Crystal Resonator CMOS Chip 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Christian Piguet
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.CSEM Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique SANeuchâtelSwitzerland
  2. 2.LAP-EPFLLausanneSwitzerland

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