![]() ![]() The brand celebrates 100 years of its existence this year. Could this be the best quartz watch in the world? A very special quartz watch with features a zaratsu polished case and a washi paper dial. Simply labelled as The Citizen, aka The Chronomaster. ![]() And from this rich engineering heritage, comes interesting technology. After all, this is a corporation who makes in excess of 200 million watches a year, and led not by professional managers or sale/marketing people, but by engineers. ![]() But we also discern a true engineering spirit from within the company. While this is true as the name Citizen was actually given to the first watch they produced in 1924 for this very reason – as a watch for the citizens of the world. That’s over five times more precise than international standards require.What comes to mind when one thinks of Citizen watches? Probably inexpensive watches, robustly built. Why are we referencing all these numbers? Because Citizen’s Chronomaster timepieces are accurate to ±5 seconds a year. While the typical quartz timepiece maintains a ☑ second a day average and good quartz timepieces make ☑5 seconds a month, by COSC standards, a quartz chronometer holds a requirement of ☒5.55 seconds a year. Some quick numbers to note: according to the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC), mechanical tickers are considered to be highly precise when they maintain a rate of −4/+6 seconds per day. As a result, high-precision quartz timekeeping is making a strong comeback. This redefinition is in no small part due to the presence of smartwatches, which are driving forward digital timekeeping efforts. In recent days, however, there’s been increasing interest in redefining electronically assisted timekeeping – quartz-powered timekeepers are no longer simply the more accessible option. At Revolution, we’ll be honest in saying that we’re a tad biased towards mechanical watchmaking. ![]()
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