History of the Wrist Watch
Posted on 18 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: Hall Of Jewelry, Shopping Management
From pocket watch to a fashion accessory. What was once, in the earliest years of portable watches, considered to be unsuitable for men and only for women, has developed nowadays into a fashion utensil that everyone has. Meanwhile, the wrist watch is no longer only 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 constructed in 1500. This was not a wrist watch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical progress, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an progressively smaller space, the necessary parts 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 completely new wristwatch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had built its own watch industry. The new wrist watch from Japan was no more set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This watch extended its range of capability quickly. The wrist watch no more 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 much more than a watch. The wristwatch has become a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colouration and forms thinkable. One can also buy harmonious watches from every fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these different styles, there is something for every taste. The small watches, which require spectacles to tell the time, and the extraordinary giant watches, which make it hard to walk upright. By all means, one thing is certain: science is still likely to make so much advance – that the wristwatch 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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