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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: DavesM who wrote (243468)3/28/2002 3:56:30 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
"I didn't realize that mechanicals have been dropped."

I'm not sure of that...it's only my perception based on the notion that mechanicals are more expensive to produce than electronics.

"But they do make a quartz watch that I understand, has circuitry that compensates for temperature changes - that effect the oscillations of the quartz crystal. "

According to link that TigerPaw posted, so does Seiko... I can just see all the Rolex owners suddenly become interested in precision.
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