In a quartz watch a battery runs current through a synthetic quartz crystal, which vibrates at 32, 600 beats per second.

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Meanwhile Crystal Palace FC have said that later this week they will unveil potential plans to move from their current ground at Selhurst Park to the national sports centre at Crystal Palace.

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My crystal ball is not good enough to predict when the current stalemate will end, but it seems likely that a resolution will be reached.

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Sony said it is beefing up its TV lineup, including models with 4K liquid crystal displays, which deliver even better image quality than current LCD TVs.

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The flat panel displays, which make kaleidoscopic colors when jabbed with a finger, contain liquid crystal sandwiched between layers of glass or plastic which becomes opaque with an electric current.

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