So, are you team mechanical or team quartz? Probably the largest single spilt in divisions when it comes to horology, the camps championing mechanical and quartz watches are diametrically opposed. Yet, if we had asked the same question to the engineers at Seiko back in the 1990s, we’d probably be greeted with nothing more than a wink and a snigger.
On the one hand, we have the biggest bastion of ‘true’ watchmaking represented by mechanical timepieces; fastidiously engineered and beautifully crafted mechanical components that work in tandem to not only