News May 11, 2026

The Cultural Comeback of Automatic Watches: How They Survived the Quartz Crisis

Few moments in industrial history hit a single craft this hard. Between the early 1970s and mid-1980s, mechanical watchmaking came closer to disappearing than most people realize. That it survived, eventually finding a stronger footing than before, says something worth understanding about value and

Originally published by Magnetic Magazine
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The Cultural Comeback of Automatic Watches: How They Survived the Quartz Crisis