Omega “Megaquartz 24OO”

European Watch Clock and Jewellery Fair 197 BF 312
The world’s first high-frequency quartz watch. First unveiled in 1970, it is now in production (a very small lead time for so impressive a timepiece). The quartz vibrates 2,359,296 times a seconde This frequency is brought down to i Hertz by a O-MOS analog divider microcircuit with transformer, to action the stepping motore The watch ’ s conventional battery has a life span of 15 months A magnetic coupling system permits fast timezone shifts Its precision is extraordinary better than one second a month, (OMEGA “Negaquartz 2400”)