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 ladies, has developed today into a fashion utensil that everyone has. In the meantime, the wrist watch is no longer only 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 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 needed 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 wrist watch from Japan
A completely new wrist watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had built its own watch industry. The new watch from Japan was no more set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wrist watch extended its range of capacity quickly. The wristwatch 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
Now, the wristwatch is no longer just a watch. The wrist watch has become a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colouration 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 small watches, which require eyeglasses to tell the time, and the extravagant huge watches, which make it difficult to walk upright. Anyway, one thing is clear: 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.
