Astron 35SQ
- Watches
- 1969
- Not stated
- Secondhand only
Speeed’s take
The watch that took Swiss brands from 1,600 to 600 and cost 60,000 people their jobs. A collector's piece rather than a daily, but the single most consequential wristwatch of the 20th century.
“On Christmas Day, 1969, Japanese watchmaker Seiko would release the Astron 35SQ, the first commercially available quartz watch. The quartz revolution was here — or, as the Swiss called it and still call it today, the quartz crisis.”
