23 Feb
2007
23 Feb
'07
3:04 a.m.
Kevin Schoedel wrote:
The first prototype quartz crystal watch was developed by a Swiss company,
CEH, in 1962. The first commercial quartz crystal watch was the Seiko 35SQ,
in 1969. The first to market in the USA was the Accuquartz from Bulova, a
Swiss company, in 1970.
Any idea when the first all electric watch was put out? Gary Boone used
to tell some interesting stories about a chip he worked on for (I think)
an LED watch. I think a flaw kept them from bring first to market,
however.
[heh, and someone told me over lunch the other day that the guy I'm
doing work for "worked on some sort of 4 way multiprocessor at DEC"... I
think it was a pdp-11 :-) i need to ask about *that*!]
-brad