When it comes to electric-powered timekeeping, Besson was a true thought leader. Fourteen years after the aforementioned patent was filed, the Ebauches SA Concord Delirium was released in response to the growing market share of the quartz segment the Japanese were capturing. Joe Thompson outlined the Thin Watch War that raged on between the Swiss and the Japanese at the time:
When it comes to electric-powered timekeeping, Besson was a true thought leader. Fourteen years after the aforementioned patent was filed, the Ebauches SA Concord Delirium was released in response to the growing market share of the quartz segment the Japanese were capturing. Joe Thompson outlined the Thin Watch War that raged on between the Swiss and the Japanese at the time: