A cheeky bump for the many interesting quartz in this thread that are worth a second look. But I do need an excuse, so a small contribution to the pile:
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It's the typically-Seiko memorably-named 7T62-0BZ0. A 200m water resistant titanium chronograph with an alarm or dual time indicator (you choose one or the other). 20mm lugs enable any strap you like, if you don't get on with the titanium band.
The movement is the 7T62, a distant descendant of the Seiko 7A28 which was the world's first analogue quartz chronograph. Not a "mecaquartz", note. The hands are powered by their own stepper motors, not a mechanical chronograph module atop a quartz. This was a very big deal in 1980, when the 7A28 was announced, as all other quartz chronographs had LCD displays until that point.
The 7T62 is about 20 years newer than the 7A28, or to put it another way, now about 20 years old. This particular example came to me with the full titanium bracelet and in seemingly good condition, but sold untested as "junk goods":
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It just needed a good clean, new battery and caseback gasket. Once completed, it all worked perfectly. These were decent movements, made to be serviceable, as a look inside the 27-page service manual shows:
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The chronograph runs the central seconds at 1/5s intervals, and both split and accumulated timing is provided. When reset, the second hand returns home forwards.
The alarm is a one-time 12-hour offering. Not too useful in my opinion, but leaving it off allows the 6 o'clock subdial to be set to display any other timezone, in units of one minute. The dial is easy to read, with an applied Seiko logo and crisp lettering. The lume glows strongly.
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It's not traditional
haute horlogerie but a peek at that service manual gives some indication of the engineering and technology packed inside.
After seeing it come back to life 20 years after manufacture, I still find such things inspire a sense of admiration and wonder.