History of the Wrist Watch
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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 developed today into a fashion utensil that everybody has. In the meantime, 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 verifiable portable timepiece was constructed in 1500. This was not a wrist watch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical advance, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an more and more smaller space, the needed 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 completely new wrist watch 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 longer set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wristwatch expanded its range of capacity quickly. The wrist 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 wrist watch is much more than a watch. The wrist watch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wrist watches come in all colors and shapes conceivable. One can also purchase compatible watches from every fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these various styles, there is something for every taste. The small watches, which require glasses to tell the time, and the extravagant big watches, which make it difficult to walk upright. Anyway, one thing is sure: science is still likely to make so much advance – that the wrist watch will be found on the wrists of people for a long time, to answer the question as to what time it is.
