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 men and only for women, has developed today into a fashion utensil that everybody has. Meanwhile, the wristwatch is no longer only 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 made 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 pieces 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 entirely new 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 longer set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wrist watch extended its range of capacity rapidly. The 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
Nowadays, the wristwatch is much more than a watch. The wristwatch has become a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colors and forms cogitable. One can also purchase compatible watches from all fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these contrary trends, there is something for every taste. The tiny watches, which need spectacles to tell the time, and the extravagant huge 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.
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