French innovator aims to consign ticking quartz watches to history (usa.watchpro.com)

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A French company (SilMach) backed by Timex Group is claiming to have opened a new chapter in watchmaking with the creation of a silicon motor that matches the accuracy of quartz-based movements with the elegance of a mechanical watch’s sweeping hands.

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[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

It could bring to an end the trick of spotting a battery powered watch by the jumping motion of its seconds hand because the SilMach motor powers sweeping hands.

This is bullshit. Some of my parents' wallclock from the early 2000s already got sweeping hands. That "trick" was brought to an end literally decades ago.

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