Quartz Time: Watchmaking’s Response to Technological Change

{"title":"Quartz Time: Watchmaking’s Response to Technological Change","description":"\u003Cp\u003EAmandine Cabrio, archivist, historian and Wikimedian, is a doctoral candidate at the University of Neuch\u00e2tel with expertise in horological archives and digital heritage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis presentation examines the Beta 21, one of the first quartz calibres developed through Swiss industry collaboration in the 1960s and launched in the early 1970s. It explores technological and commercial shifts, investigates how the quartz revolution reframed manufacturing standards, and discusses the legacy of early electronic movements for contemporary watchmaking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn French.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2026-12-03","end_date":"2026-12-03","date":"Thursday 3 December, 18:00","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20261203T170000Z","timing_end_date":"20261203T180000Z"}]}