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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

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 ladies, has grown nowadays into a fashion utensil that everybody has. In the meantime, the wrist watch is no longer only a tool to tell which time it is. 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 developed 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 increasingly 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 wristwatch from Japan

A completely different 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 watch expanded its range of capability rapidly. The 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

Today, the wristwatch is no longer just a watch. The wrist watch has become a fashion accessory. Wrist watches come in all colouration and forms imaginable. One can also purchase compatible watches from all 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 glasses to tell the time, and the extravagant large watches, which make it difficult to walk upright. In any case, one thing is sure: science is still likely to make so much advance - that the wristwatch will be seen on the wrists of people for a long time, to answer the question as to what time it is.

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