Daily Giz Wiz 260: Seiko Quartz Watch
Episode 260 of the podcast
| Subject: | Review of Seiko Quartz Watch |
| Released: | Friday 2 March 2007 |
| Length: | about 15 minutes |
| Download file: | dgw0260.mp3 (7.1 MB) |
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Short info
From the gadget warehouse, the first quartz watch, for a mere $1200!
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Detailed information
Link: Olevia
This was Dick's first quartz watch which he bought in the 1970's for $200 (after a discount of $50).The first Seiko Chronograph was introduced in 1964 for the Tokyo Olympics. The first quartz watch (commercially available) in the world was the Seiko Quartz Astron 35SQ, introuduced on Christmas Day 1969, and cost $1,250. Dick was shown one of them by Bill Todman of Goodson-Todman Productions.
Prior to the quartz watch, the watch considered the most accurate was the "tuning fork" watch, the Bulova Accutron, first introduced in 1960 as the Accutron 214.
April Fools Gag
Dick once proposed an April Fools joke on Regis but was rejected by Michael Gellman. Hear what he proposed to do.
Letters Jingle Unspoiled
Louis from Melbourne, Australia loves the Letters Jingle and want an uninterrupted version without Dick and Leo's voice-over. Leo obliges and for good measure, throws in the closing D-A-I-L-Y jingle as well.
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