![Saturday watch illustration once again, this time with the piece that single handily started a revolution and the downfall of the mechanical dominance era: the Seiko Quartz-Astron 35Q! This had the very Saturday watch illustration once again, this time with the piece that single handily started a revolution and the downfall of the mechanical dominance era: the Seiko Quartz-Astron 35Q! This had the very](https://i.redd.it/31ectr229rt61.jpg)
Saturday watch illustration once again, this time with the piece that single handily started a revolution and the downfall of the mechanical dominance era: the Seiko Quartz-Astron 35Q! This had the very
![How the launch of the Seiko Astron - the world's first commercial quartz - rocked the watch world 50 years ago How the launch of the Seiko Astron - the world's first commercial quartz - rocked the watch world 50 years ago](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/luxury/2019/04/01/1969_QuartzAstron_frt_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqmahWdPcbeBfwaFoOqevs1xbDjw0ZywvRbhaHAb0nuIc.jpg)
How the launch of the Seiko Astron - the world's first commercial quartz - rocked the watch world 50 years ago
![How the launch of the Seiko Astron - the world's first commercial quartz - rocked the watch world 50 years ago How the launch of the Seiko Astron - the world's first commercial quartz - rocked the watch world 50 years ago](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/luxury/2019/04/01/QzAstron_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqfB-9o7Jl_5dxeDkgnjyCr0Q7EiYC2LyY4IabJiAvK-c.jpg?imwidth=480)