19th century quartz watch with mechanical tulip - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

19th century quartz watch with mechanical tulip.




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[tonyfoale]

Quartz - 19th century ????
Quartz is used in electronic devices to provide a stable oscillating frequency. This is put to use in modern electronic watches to help maintain the correct time in what is often referred to as quartz watches. 19th century and quartz timed electronic driven watches do not compute.
Seiko introduced the world's first quartz watch in 1969. 69 years after the end of the 19th century.

Here is an illustration of quartz crystals packaged for electronic timing

[PJs]

Quartz - 19th century ????
Quartz is used in electronic devices to provide a stable oscillating frequency. This is put to use in modern electronic watches to help maintain the correct time in what is often referred to as quartz watches. 19th century and quartz timed electronic driven watches do not compute.
Seiko introduced the world's first quartz watch in 1969. 69 years after the end of the 19th century.

Here is an illustration of quartz crystals packaged for electronic timing

Not sure that it is Quartz as there is a winding key stub at 12 O'Clock at :10 sec. Didn't see any writing indicating "Quartz" either but may be blind in one eye and can't hear out of the other with my trifocals. To me the bigger Question is Why the pistol shape...the Gaudiness, fits the period though. Probably a misinformation gif the ThinkBot didn't fact check or misinterpreted??

Seiko's are the best for the price IMHO. Had my first self wind in 65' and only had 2 other brands (1 Gshock and a Timex Calculator) since and have a Solar Seiko now almost 6 years. Most lasted at least 5 years before I broke them...one in a bike accident and were accurate to about a minute a month.

[mklotz]

Flint is a form of the mineral quartz. It's a stretch but maybe the bot screwed up and identified a jeweler's version of a FLINTlock pistol as a quartz watch.

Is it possible that the white, fake flint in the striker is a piece of quartz?

[tonyfoale]

Flint is a form of the mineral quartz. It's a stretch but maybe the bot screwed up and identified a jeweler's version of a FLINTlock pistol as a quartz watch.

Is it possible that the white, fake flint in the striker is a piece of quartz?

I thought that the flint was indeed quartz, but that does not make it a quartz watch. The video looks to be by Philips, presumable for sale. One has a right to expect an accurate description from a house of their reputation.

[PJs]

Marv and Tony might be might right about the flint/quartz but if this was made in the 19th century the white piece in the flint lock could also be Ivory as the gaudiness of the day was in fact ivory. I tried zooming in on the strike area but to no avail and believe the hammer to be only a cocking action for the sprint mechanism for the tulip.

More pertinently a little searching seams to derive this post on X by "Science Girl" and another "Massimo" and "Viral Vibes" references to it being by Moulinié, Bautte & Cie built for the Chinese market....Key point is X and the drivel that rains down from on High. Again leading the ToolTalkBot astray!!