History of the Wrist Watch
From 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 women, has developed nowadays into a fashion utensil that everybody has. In the meantime, the wristwatch is no longer just a tool 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 confirmable portable timepiece was built in 1500. This was not a wrist watch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical advancement, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an more and more smaller space, the required 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 wristwatch from Japan
A completely new 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 more set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wristwatch extended its range of capability quickly. The wristwatch 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
Now, the wrist watch is no longer just a watch. The wrist watch has become a fashion accessory. Wrist watches come in all colors and forms conceivable. One can also get harmonious watches from every fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these contrary styles, there is something for every taste. The small watches, which require spectacles to tell the time, and the extravagant large watches, which make it difficult to walk upright. In any case, one thing is certain: science is still likely to make so much advance - that the wrist watch will be found on the wrists of people for a long time, to respond to the question as to what time it is.
