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Part I - Designers


C The Designers, First Generation, 1950-1983

  1  Richard Arbib, Hamilton
  2  Pierre Balmain
  3  Prince François de Baschmakoff
  4  Guccio Bertone
  5  Max Bill
  6  Michel Boyer
  7  Pierre Cardin
  8  Alain Carré
  9  Jean Dinh Van
10  Christian Dior
11  Tian Harlan
12  Isabelle Hebey
13  Marc Held
14  Nathan George Horwitt
15  Michel Kinn
16  André Le Marquand
17  Serge Manzon
18  Rudi Meyer
19  Pascal Morabito
20  Bruno Ninaber van Eyben
21  Dieter Rams
22  Sir Clive Sinclair
23  Roger Tallon
24  Björn Weckström
25  Plastic Watches
26  Miscellanea


Part II - Early Electrics


D  Early Prototypes


E  Moving Coil System, Contact Controlled

1  Hamilton 500
2  Epperlein 100
3  Laco-Timex
4  UMF Ruhla
5  Porta, PUW


F  Fixed Coil System, Contact Controlled

1  Lip R 27
2  Elgin 722 / 725
3  Landeron 4750/51
4  Lip R 148


G  Tuning Fork Watches

1  Bulova Accutron
2  Mosaba, ESA
3  Omega
4  Jeco
5  Slava


H  Transistorised Watches With Balance

1  Dynotron, ESA
2  Junghans 600
3  Citizen
4  Seiko
5  Timex M87, Laco 882
6  SA 9190
7  Bifora
8  Porta PUW


Part III - Quartz Watches


I  History and Development of the Quartz Watch


J  Quartz Watches with Micromotor and hands

  1  Seiko
  2  Bèta 21, CEH
  3  Longines Ultraquartz
  4  Girard-Perregaux
  5  Junghans Astroquarz
  6  Arctos Quarz
  7  Roamer Micro-quartz
  8  ESA Swissonic 1000
  9  Omega Megaquartz 32 kHz
10  Lip Quartz
11  Ricoh Quartz
12  Ronda Quartz, RQ 1377
13  20
14  Binaron Quartz
15  Ruhla 28
16  AFIF
17  Montrélec
18  Benrus Techniquartz
19  Enicar Superquartz
20  Analoquartz
21  Rolex 5035, 5055
22  Yanka Quartz 3050
30  Omega Megaquartz 2.4 Mhz
31  Citizen Quartz Crystron Mega
32  Junghans MegaQuarz
33  Quasar HF Quartz
34  Revue MSR Quartz
40  Seiko Twin Quartz
41  ETA 255.511 and 255.561
50  Bulova Accuquartz
60  Record-Golay m-Quartz
61  Timex Quartz
62  Porta Quartz
63  Citizen Quartz
64  Luch 3055
70  Seiko 9061 and 9063


K  Quartz watches with Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

1  Hamilton Pulsar
2  Fairchild
3  Different manufacturers


L  Quartz watches with Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

1  Dynamic Scattering LCD
2  Field Effect LCD
3  Electrochromic LCD


M  Automatich Quartz watch

1  AGS of Seiko
2  Samara, Jean d'Eve and Kinetron


N  Soalr Cell Watches

1  Solar Cells and LED Display
2  Solar Cells and LCD
3  Solar Cells and Hands


O  Radio Controlled Watches

1  Junghans MEGA 1
2  Citizen Multizone


P  Bulova Thermatron


Q  Multifunctional Wrist Watches

  1  Calculator Watches
  2  Watches with Alarm
  3  Pulse Counting Watches
  4  Watches with Dual Time or World Time
  5  Watches with Memory and Database
  6  Electronic Chronographs
  7  Muscial, Talking, Recording Watches
  8  Watches with Radio or Television
  9  Game Watches
10  Watches, with Alti-, Depth- or Barometer
11  Temperature Measuring Watches
12  Special Features


Part IV - Miscellanea


R  Miscellanea

1  Electric Lighting and Bèta Light for Watches
2  Watch Batteries and Other Power Suppliers
3  Flat and Ultra-Small
4  Synthetic Materials


Part V - Manufacturers


S  The History of the Most Important Watch Manufacturers

  1  llgemeine Schweizerische Uhrenindustrie AG
  2  Bulova
  3  Casio
  4  Citizen
  5  Hamilton
  6  Junghans
  7  Lip
  8  Omega and SSIH
  9  Seiko
10  Société Suisse de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie SA
11  Swatch
12  Timex


T  Annex (You have to buy book for this information)

1 Statistics
2  Watch Batteries
3 Watch Battery Cross Reference Table
4 Watch Periodicals
5 Books
6 Museums
7 Credits for illustrations