By the 1980s, quartz watches had taken over most of the watch market from the mechanical watch industry.
Major clothing companies also emerged and quartz watches were first made during this period.
None of this means the day of the quartz watch is over.
Its quartz watches are housed in a solid plastic case and use 51 parts instead of the standard 91.
It functioned much as a quartz watch when the machine was powered off.
The device looks like a button cell for a quartz watch.
It features images of two quartz watches, large and small.
At the same time Japan was flooding the market with cheap quartz watches.
It is not uncommon to find quartz watches given away for free in boxes of cereal!
To stay culturally literate you look at a few quartz watches.