[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Nyl

Oh, didn't know about this story, thanks.
Ridiculous move from the swiss watch industry in 1968 for that. But nowadays, in terms of accuracy of mechanical movements, Rolex, Omega and Tudor (Master Chronometer) are better than their equivalent at GS.

But for the quartz and quartz-based technology, the Japanese have always been better than the Swiss.

Grand Seiko and King Seiko both folded in the mid 1970s - victims of the quartz revolution that took off in Japan perhaps more than anywhere. With them went Seiko's best mechanical movements for a couple of decades till Grand Seiko's return.