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 everybody has. Meanwhile, the wristwatch 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 developed 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 wrist watch from Japan
A totally different 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 longer set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This watch expanded 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
Today, the wristwatch is much more than a watch. The wrist watch has become a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colors and shapes conceivable. One can also buy harmonious watches from all fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these contrary trends, there is something for every taste. The tiny watches, which require eyeglasses to tell the time, and the extravagant giant watches, which make it difficult to walk upright. Anyway, one thing is certain: 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.
