IWC's Meca-Quartz Ingenieur: A Quartz Movement With A Mechanical Chronograph. Ok, Why Not?

The use of a quartz movement in a high-end Swiss watch seems counterintuitive today, but everyone's done it.  Omega has done it, Rolex has done it, Audemars Piguet has done it, Breitling STILL does it (and did it in a very strange way here), even Patek Philippe makes a …

Imported: 6. Jan 2010 (15:05), Wristwatch News, Reviews, & …

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