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 grown today into a fashion utensil that everybody has. Meanwhile, the wristwatch is no longer just 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 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 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 wristwatch from Japan
A totally different wristwatch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had built its own watch industry. The new wrist watch from Japan was no more set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This watch extended its range of capacity rapidly. The watch no more just showed the time. The little 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 wristwatch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colours 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 need spectacles to tell the time, and the extravagant large watches, which make it difficult to walk upright. Anyway, one thing is clear: science is still likely to make so much advance - that the wrist watch will be seen on the wrists of people for a long time, to answer the question as to what time it is.
