Quartz Reconsidered

Quartz wasn't born cheap. It was born extraordinary. From Seiko's groundbreaking Astron to Grand Seiko's remarkable 9F, perhaps it's time vintage collectors looked beyond the battery and reconsidered quartz.

A Collector's Craze

Technically, a spider dial is a failure: a lacquered surface that has fractured with age. So why do some vintage watch collectors actively seek them out? Perhaps because time occasionally...