One last parting
link thought – a quartz oscillator actually is a mechanical oscillator. It
link vibrates in a way that can be described by the classical equations for a harmonic oscillator and while it is electrically driven, there have also been high accuracy pendulum clocks that were impulsed electromagnetically. Deep down, the quartz watch is less a dramatic rejection of mechanical horology than the next logical step – the inevitable logical
link step – in the evolution of the wristwatch.