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 everyone has. Meanwhile, the wrist watch 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 wristwatch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical advance, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an more and more 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 entirely different wristwatch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had built its own watch industry. The new wristwatch from Japan was no more set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wristwatch expanded its range of capacity quickly. The wrist watch no more just showed the time. The tiny 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 wristwatch is no longer just a watch. The wrist watch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colors and shapes cogitable. One can also get harmonious watches from every fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these various trends, there is something for every taste. The tiny watches, which require spectacles to tell the time, and the extravagant giant watches, which make it hard to walk upright. Anyway, one thing is sure: 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.
