The

Dr. Armin H. Frei Heritage Estate

Historical Mission

Zurich Switzerland

The Estate is the legal successor and owner of all rights of the late Dr. Armin H. Frei.

The Estate’s primary mission lies in providing historical testimony and accuracy on the pioneering work done by Dr. Armin H. Frei as inventor and leading scientist as well as initiator of the quartz wristwatch project at the Centre Electronique Horloger CEH in the 1960s, publishing his statements, comments and significant critique on the misrepresentation of historical facts.

The Estate’s website www.quartzwristwatch.org serves as a hub for relevant historical publications and links on the subject. Through its website, the Estate is committed to make the impact of the invention of the miniature quartz device by Dr. Armin H. Frei and its application as a quartz wristwatch in the context of a milestone technological achievement known to the greater public, historians, journalists and future generations.

This website on the world’s first quartz wristwatch contains the whole text, unaltered in all essentials, of the original website of Dr. Armin H. Frei which was online from 2009-2019.

To ensure better readability, shape and form of the original text by Dr. Armin H. Frei have been optimised, the chapters from the original website have been brought into a logical order and the titles have been adjusted. Comments have been added where appropriate. Misspellings and obvious typos have been corrected and web links updated. Furthermore, this website includes the original patents of Dr. Armin H. Frei and the webarchives of former websites. Further original documents and information content will be added over time to the Estate’s website.

We want to be an accurate open source for everyone interested into the subject.

The Estate is the sole owner, operator and developer of the domain and website www.quartzwristwatch.org.

All legal rights are reserved and none content on above website might be copied or used in any shape or form without the exclusive written permission of the Estate.

We thank you for your interest!

Dr. Armin H. Frei Heritage Estate
Zurich, Switzerland
December 2019