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Thursday, June 18th, 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 men and only for ladies, has developed nowadays 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 verifiable portable timepiece was built in 1500. This was not a wristwatch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical advancement, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an increasingly smaller space, the necessary components 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 watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had developed 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 quickly. The wrist watch no longer 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 wrist watch is no longer just a watch. The wristwatch has become a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colors and forms imaginable. One can also purchase harmonious 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 tiny watches, which need eyeglasses to tell the time, and the extravagant huge watches, which make it hard to walk upright. By all means, one thing is clear: science is still likely to make so much advance - 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.

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