MECAQUARTZ STORY

Mechaquartz movements were first invented in Switzerland and Japan during the quartz crisis in the late 80's. In Switzerland, Piguet and LeCoultre were the first to invent this particular movement. In Japan, Seiko. Inspired by watches produced in the 1940-1950's, they are great in any situation. They have a lot of attractive details such as engraved pushers, decagonal screwed caseback and curved hands.

Powered by a swiss automatic movement from La Joux-Perret with elaborated grade adjustments, tungsten rotor with palladium coating and hacking seconds function. The case is finished with a care for details, like the "perlage" finish inside the caseback and inner case, the curved hands and the applied indexes. Do not hesitate to learn more about this story, some new references are coming in 2023.