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 everyone has. Meanwhile, the wrist watch 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 confirmable portable timepiece was developed in 1500. This was not a wrist watch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical progress, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an progressively 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 completely different wrist watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had built its own watch industry. The new wristwatch from Japan was no more set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This watch extended its range of capability 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

Nowadays, the wristwatch is no longer just a watch. The wrist watch has become a fashion accessory. Specially Ladies watches come in all colouration and forms thinkable. One can also purchase 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 giant watches, which make it hard to walk upright. Anyway, one thing is sure: science is still likely to make so much progress – 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.

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