History of the Wrist Watch
25 June 2009From pocket watch to a fashion accessory. What was once, in the earliest years of portable watches, considered to be unsuitable for gentlemen and only for ladies, has developed today into a fashion utensil that everyone has. Meanwhile, the wristwatch is no longer just a instrument to tell the time. It is a designer piece and can indicate much more than the time.
A great deal of mechanics in a small housing
The first verifiable portable timepiece was built in 1500. This was not a wrist watch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical advance, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an increasingly smaller space, the necessary components of the clockworks were able to be brought into a manageable form. In this way, the first pocket watch was born, which at the time was still the size of an egg.
The computerized wrist watch from Japan
A entirely new wrist watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had developed its own watch industry. The new wristwatch from Japan was no longer set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wrist watch extended its range of capability rapidly. The wrist watch no longer just showed the time. The small timepiece on the wrist now also knew the date, the day of the week and even knew whether a leap year was involved.
The wristwatch as jewelry
Nowadays, the wrist watch is no longer just a watch. The wristwatch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colors and shapes thinkable. One can also buy compatible watches from all fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these different trends, there is something for every taste. The tiny watches, which require eyeglasses to tell the time, and the extravagant giant watches, which make it hard to walk upright. Anyway, one thing is clear: science is still likely to make so much progress - that the wrist watch will be found on the wrists of people for a long time, to answer the question as to what time it is.
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