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Electronic parts deteriorate over decades. Also, manufacturers of electronic parts have so much demands for the 'latest and greatest' that they stop making replacement parts for older devices after a while. That is why most electronics are treated as disposable when they fail after they are 10 to 20 years old. So finding replacement parts for a vintage quartz would get harder and harder.
Though for many quartz watches with analog displays, the movement could likely be replaced decades later with a different one of newer design as long as certain features (such as positions of a date window and mounts for the hands) matched. The watch would no longer be 'genuine' and its value significantly decreased, but it would at least look the same on the outside and be fully functional.
By contrast, mechanical movements can ALWAYS be repaired by having a watchmaker handcraft a replacement part.
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