US made quartz movement facility in Phoenix

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US made quartz movement facility in Phoenix

Post by toxicavenger » Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:24 pm

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"The lights dim and the wall opposite a digital projector springs to life with a slickly produced video edit, replete with thumping techno music, squeaky-clean assembly lines, and panning shots of young, tattooed watchmakers sitting elbow-height at brightly lit workbenches. The imagery cross-dissolves to the surrounding geography, where there’s a fountain shooting a tall stream of water skyward from a local downtown lake, evoking the iconic Jet d’Eau on Lake Geneva. But we couldn’t be further from Europe’s spiritual center of the watchmaking world — we’re a few clicks removed from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, in what’s nearly the middle of the Arizona desert. However, what’s happening here could also very well be the real deal, a long-awaited spark touted to re-kindle the collective American watch renaissance.

At the center of it all is the new “Ameriquartz” movement, assembled by Fine Timepiece Solutions in a brand new watchmaking facility set inside the 69,000 square-foot East Valley Institute of Technology Fountain Hills campus — an operation projected to add as many as 300 jobs to the local economy as the facility grows. The goal here is not just to make it easier for North American watch brands to compete in a global market, but to produce a competitive new movement product that could one day potentially disrupt the Swiss and Asian stranglehold on the market and establish a proud new home for the American watchmaker."

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Post by Sidheguitarist » Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:37 pm

Very interesting.

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Post by nordwulf » Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:15 am

The only important things in a quartz watch for me is solar charging, automatic hand positioning and/or fine adjustment, and HAQ or atomic time sync. These seem just a replacement for the rather boring Swiss quartz movements. Make a better or as-good movement as the Japanese and I'll be impressed.
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Post by JDC222 » Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:18 am

nordwulf wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:15 am
The only important things in a quartz watch for me is solar charging, automatic hand positioning and/or fine adjustment, and HAQ or atomic time sync. These seem just a replacement for the rather boring Swiss quartz movements.
Is that all? :lol:
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Post by ncstate1201 » Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:45 am

nordwulf wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:15 am
The only important things in a quartz watch for me is solar charging, automatic hand positioning and/or fine adjustment, and HAQ or atomic time sync. These seem just a replacement for the rather boring Swiss quartz movements. Make a better or as-good movement as the Japanese and I'll be impressed.

I agree, will most likely even be hard to compete on throw away movements....prices are so cheap on these unless they differentiate in some way

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Re: US made quartz movement facility in Phoenix

Post by AtomicTom » Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:10 am

Such great news Terry, and if not mistaken, I think this movement is, or will
be in Minuteman's new A11. :thumbsup: ..Thanks so much for the news about this sir ! :)

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Post by Selym » Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:30 am

I don't like solar or "autoquartz". Hopefully they'll build some accurate, battery-powered, jeweled quartz movements with metal plates that look halfway decent, like the Seiko 9F61.

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Post by dinexus » Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:17 pm

toxicavenger wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:24 pm
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/can-this-q ... qus_thread

A snippet below................
"The lights dim and the wall opposite a digital projector springs to life with a slickly produced video edit...
Thanks for sharing Terry :cheers:

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:19 pm

dinexus wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2019 4:17 pm
toxicavenger wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:24 pm
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/can-this-q ... qus_thread

A snippet below................
"The lights dim and the wall opposite a digital projector springs to life with a slickly produced video edit...
Thanks for sharing Terry :cheers:
ABout time you showed up!!! :mrgreen:

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Re: US made quartz movement facility in Phoenix

Post by Knome » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:32 am

Ah, I guess Manuel won't have time to help service my 16700 anymore

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Post by gr8sw » Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:59 pm

right in my backyard!

might get a chance to view the facilities this weekend whilst at the annual NAWCC mart in Fountain Hills... will report back if I do :cheers:
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Post by JP Chestnut » Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:02 pm

JDC222 wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:18 am
nordwulf wrote:
Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:15 am
The only important things in a quartz watch for me is solar charging, automatic hand positioning and/or fine adjustment, and HAQ or atomic time sync. These seem just a replacement for the rather boring Swiss quartz movements.
Is that all? :lol:
They need to grow their own crystals too.

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Re: US made quartz movement facility in Phoenix

Post by toxicavenger » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:13 pm

cool video

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