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Pioneering Work on the Quartz Electronic Wristwatch
Society: IEEEMain Category: ElectricEra: 1960-1969DateCreated: 1962-1967Cantonal ObservatoryNeuchâtelCountry: SwitzerlandWebsite: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Pioneering_Work_on_the_Quartz_Electronic_Wristwatch,_1962-1967Creator: Centre Electronique Horloger

A key milestone in development of the quartz electronic wristwatch in Switzerland was the creation in 1962 of the Centre Electronique Horloger of Neuchâtel. The Centre produced the first prototypes incorporating dedicated integrated circuits that set new timekeeping performance records at the International Chronometric Competition held at this observatory in 1967. Since then quartz watches, with hundreds of millions of units produced, became an extremely successful electronic system.

YearAdded:
2002
Image Credit: Courtesy IEEEImage Caption: The Centre Electronique HorlogerEra_date_from: 1962
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Society: IEEEMain Category: Consumer ElectronicsSub Category: Computers and Information ProcessingEra: 1930-1939DateCreated: 1939AmesState: IACountry: USAWebsite: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Atanasoff-Berry_Computer,_1939Creator: Atanasoff, Vincent John, Berry, Clifford E.

John Vincent Atanasoff conceived basic design principles for the first electronic-digital computer in the winter of 1937 and, assisted by his graduate student, Clifford E. Berry, constructed a prototype here in October 1939. It used binary numbers, direct logic for calculation, and a regenerative memory. It embodied concepts that would be central to the future development of computers.

YearAdded:
1990
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/Joe Wolf (CC BY-ND 2.0)Image Caption: Atanasoff-Berry ComputerEra_date_from: 1939
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Atanasoff-Berry Computer

John Vincent Atanasoff conceived basic design principles for the first electronic-digital computer in the winter of 1937 and, assisted by his graduate student, Clifford E. Berry, constructed a prototype here in October 1939. It used binary numbers, direct logic for calculation, and a…

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Pioneering Work on the Quartz Electronic Wristwatch

A key milestone in development of the quartz electronic wristwatch in Switzerland was the creation in 1962 of the Centre Electronique Horloger of Neuchâtel. The Centre produced the first prototypes incorporating dedicated integrated circuits that set new timekeeping performance records at the…

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