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 grown nowadays into a fashion utensil that everyone 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 constructed 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 increasingly smaller space, the required 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 completely different watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had developed its own watch industry. The new 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 wristwatch 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
Nowadays, the wristwatch is much more than a watch. The wrist watch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colors and shapes imaginable. One can also buy harmonious watches from every fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these contrary styles, there is something for every taste. The tiny watches, which require spectacles to tell the time, and the extravagant giant watches, which make it hard 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 respond to the question as to what time it is.
