A small team. A clear focus.
TDE — Timing Devices Europe — is the authorised European distributor for EPSON, RIVER ELETEC and UTECH. Quartz crystals, oscillators, TCXOs, real-time clocks and OCXOs. From a small office in Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg, we ship across DACH and Europe.
Built on one stubborn idea.
TDE started with a simple observation: large catalogue distributors don't really know timing. You can buy a 32.768 kHz crystal from any of them — but ask about load capacitance, oscillation margin, AEC-Q200 batch traceability, or end-of-life forecasting, and the conversation ends.
So we set out to build a different kind of distributor — one that actually understands what it sells. Only frequency-control components. Only three carefully chosen manufacturers. Real application support from real engineers, not a contact form.
Today we ship crystals, oscillators, TCXOs, RTCs and OCXOs to design teams across DACH and Europe — from one-off prototype samples to multi-million-unit production runs for smart meters, automotive ECUs, industrial control and IoT.
Behind TDE sits quarzwerk 01 GmbH — a small operator company that also runs 42.audio (boutique active loudspeakers) and the original quarzwerk.net corporate brand. Three brands, one disciplined team, one set of values.
One curated portfolio. Three positioning tiers.
We didn't pick our manufacturers to maximise catalogue width — we picked them so that every customer requirement maps to exactly one right answer.
Seiko Epson
Full-portfolio in-house manufacturing — kHz crystals, MHz crystals, oscillators, TCXOs, OCXOs, RTCs. Industry-leading EOL transparency and longest roadmap commitment.
- Full vertical integration
- Automotive AEC-Q100 / Q200
- Best for long-lifecycle designs
RIVER ELETEC
World's #1 share in miniature tuning-fork crystals. Patented electron-beam process; world's smallest 1.0 × 0.8 mm package. The hidden champion.
- World's smallest crystal packages
- Proprietary KoT Cut OPAW technology
- Best for size-constrained designs
UTECH
Three decades of focused frequency-control manufacturing. ISO 9001 / 14001 certified. The right choice for volume designs where price-performance matters most.
- Volume-tier pricing
- Crystals, oscillators, ceramic resonators
- Best for cost-sensitive designs
Four principles. No fine print.
Engineering before sales.
Every quote request lands on the desk of an application engineer first — not a salesperson. If a TCXO is wrong for your design, we'll tell you, even if it means a smaller order.
Multi-source by design.
Three authorised manufacturers, three tiers — Premium, Specialist, Value. So you can dual-source within our portfolio without losing technical compatibility or pin layout.
European stock, European invoice.
Stock in Germany, EUR invoicing, EU-compliant export documentation. No surprise duties, no FX swings, no questions about origin certificates.
Lifecycle transparency.
Every part has a lifecycle status — Active, NRND, end-of-life. EOL announcements from manufacturers propagate to our EOL Check tool within 48 hours. No 12-month silence.
Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg.
Our office sits in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area — between Heidelberg, Mannheim and the Frankfurt corridor. Central logistics, strong supplier network, 1–2 day shipping anywhere in DACH.
We're a small team — close enough to know each customer's project by heart, embedded enough to call manufacturer factories directly when a lead time matters. If you're nearby, drop in: coffee is on us.
Imprint & registration.
Amtsgericht Mannheim
Got a timing problem? Let's solve it together.
Whether you're sourcing your first prototype crystal or migrating a 50-line BOM away from a discontinued supplier — we'd like to hear about your project.
A small team. A clear focus.
TDE — Timing Devices Europe — is the authorised European distributor for EPSON, RIVER ELETEC and UTECH. Quartz crystals, oscillators, TCXOs, real-time clocks and OCXOs. From a small office in Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg, we ship across DACH and Europe.
Built on one stubborn idea.
TDE started with a simple observation: large catalogue distributors don't really know timing. You can buy a 32.768 kHz crystal from any of them — but ask about load capacitance, oscillation margin, AEC-Q200 batch traceability, or end-of-life forecasting, and the conversation ends.
So we set out to build a different kind of distributor — one that actually understands what it sells. Only frequency-control components. Only three carefully chosen manufacturers. Real application support from real engineers, not a contact form.
Today we ship crystals, oscillators, TCXOs, RTCs and OCXOs to design teams across DACH and Europe — from one-off prototype samples to multi-million-unit production runs for smart meters, automotive ECUs, industrial control and IoT.
Behind TDE sits quarzwerk 01 GmbH — a small operator company that also runs 42.audio (boutique active loudspeakers) and the original quarzwerk.net corporate brand. Three brands, one disciplined team, one set of values.
One curated portfolio. Three positioning tiers.
We didn't pick our manufacturers to maximise catalogue width — we picked them so that every customer requirement maps to exactly one right answer.
Seiko Epson
Full-portfolio in-house manufacturing — kHz crystals, MHz crystals, oscillators, TCXOs, OCXOs, RTCs. Industry-leading EOL transparency and longest roadmap commitment.
- Full vertical integration
- Automotive AEC-Q100 / Q200
- Best for long-lifecycle designs
RIVER ELETEC
World's #1 share in miniature tuning-fork crystals. Patented electron-beam process; world's smallest 1.0 × 0.8 mm package. The hidden champion.
- World's smallest crystal packages
- Proprietary KoT Cut OPAW technology
- Best for size-constrained designs
UTECH
Three decades of focused frequency-control manufacturing. ISO 9001 / 14001 certified. The right choice for volume designs where price-performance matters most.
- Volume-tier pricing
- Crystals, oscillators, ceramic resonators
- Best for cost-sensitive designs
Four principles. No fine print.
Engineering before sales.
Every quote request lands on the desk of an application engineer first — not a salesperson. If a TCXO is wrong for your design, we'll tell you, even if it means a smaller order.
Multi-source by design.
Three authorised manufacturers, three tiers — Premium, Specialist, Value. So you can dual-source within our portfolio without losing technical compatibility or pin layout.
European stock, European invoice.
Stock in Germany, EUR invoicing, EU-compliant export documentation. No surprise duties, no FX swings, no questions about origin certificates.
Lifecycle transparency.
Every part has a lifecycle status — Active, NRND, end-of-life. EOL announcements from manufacturers propagate to our EOL Check tool within 48 hours. No 12-month silence.
Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg.
Our office sits in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area — between Heidelberg, Mannheim and the Frankfurt corridor. Central logistics, strong supplier network, 1–2 day shipping anywhere in DACH.
We're a small team — close enough to know each customer's project by heart, embedded enough to call manufacturer factories directly when a lead time matters. If you're nearby, drop in: coffee is on us.
Imprint & registration.
Amtsgericht Mannheim
Got a timing problem? Let's solve it together.
Whether you're sourcing your first prototype crystal or migrating a 50-line BOM away from a discontinued supplier — we'd like to hear about your project.