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 today into a fashion utensil that everybody has. Meanwhile, the wristwatch is no longer just a instrument 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 confirmable portable timepiece was built in 1500. This was not a wristwatch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical progress, 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 wrist watch from Japan
A entirely different wrist watch 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 extended its range of capability rapidly. The watch no longer 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 wrist watch is much more than a watch. The wristwatch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colours and forms imaginable. One can also buy compatible watches from every fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these different trends, there is something for every taste. The small watches, which need glasses to tell the time, and the extraordinary big watches, which make it hard to walk upright. By all means, one thing is sure: science is still likely to make so much advancement – 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.
