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40 year old quartz movement

robidog
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Not being a big fan of quartz watches, I find this 40 year old LCD Constellation super amazing.

A piece of electronics still fully functional after all that time just shows what efforts Omega put into quality. Especially as this is a relatively early quartz movement, and an early LCD display, both from times where these technologies had not fully matured.

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SkunkPrince
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There are a surprising number of 80s LCDs out in the world. The electronics are a lot more robust than you think.
 
webvan
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The Electroquartz 8192Hz 1300 models are going to be...52 years old and there are still many running fine, I've got a couple myself ;-)
 
Canuck
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The very first LCD I ever saw was in an early Gruen. The year was 1969. An awful bulky looking thing that was. And the price then was $1,100.00! In those days, the belief was that the LCD display had a life expectancy of 10 years.
 
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