Unique Timepiece Spotlight: Seiko Quartz Astron

 

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The Seiko Quartz Astron, the world’s first quartz watch, was launched in 1969 with an accuracy within 5 seconds per month, 100 times more accurate than any other watch and lasting 250 times longer than most mechanical watches – running continuously for a year.

The Seiko Quartz Astron was a revolutionary wristwatch that changed timekeeping forever.

Today, the new Astron provides another breakthrough in watch technology – a quartz watch with accuracy of one second every 100,000 years and time zone adjustment. It is an analog, solar-powered watch that receives GPS satellite signals and adjusts to the precise local time ANYWHERE on Earth!

Unlike the top mechanical watches that can display 37 time zones with a manual reset, the Astron recognizes all 39. The Astron covers the globe first by determining its location using GPS, then by comparing that information with an onboard database that divides the Earth’s surface into one million squares – each assigned to a certain time zone, something no other watch can do.

This timepiece is always accurate, constantly adjusting the time even on the move, and has a Perpetual Calendar that is correct until February 28, 2100. How about that for a timepiece!

Read more about the Astron on their website and Watch Time »