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<p>The <b>quartz crisis</b> (Switzerland) or <b>quartz revolution</b> (United States, Japan, and other countries) was the upheaval in the <a href="page.php?w=watchmaking">watchmaking</a> industry caused by the advent of <a href="page.php?w=quartz_watch">quartz watch</a>es in the 1970s and 1980s, that largely replaced <a href="page.php?w=mechanical_watch">mechanical watch</a>es around the world. It caused a significant decline of the <a href="page.php?w=Swiss_watchmaking_industry">Swiss watchmaking industry</a>, which chose to remain focused on traditional</p><p>
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