The History of Wrist watches

From the pocket fashion accessory. At first, people were not allowed to wear portable watches, but everyone has such an accessory today. The watch is no longer just a tool to determine the time. It is considered a designer piece and a lot more than an item that indicates the time.

Many mechanics in a small package 

The first traceable portable clock was built around the year 1500. However, this was not a wrist watch, but rather a pocket watch. Due to the technical progress, people have succeeded in fitting small mechanics and to adapt the parts of a watch so that they are all handy and make an easy-to-handle item. This pocket watch was smaller than an egg when it was invented.

The 20th century brought the wristwatch 

The technical progress reached another stage with the turn of the 20th century, this progress enabling the mechanics to fit pieces even in smaller cases. Now it was possible to compress the movement so that you could fix it on a bracelet without problems. The practical application of this new invention was now rapidly displaced from the pocket watch. Wearing a watch quickly became fashionable. Hundreds of models just sprouted from the ground and the variety developed with tremendous speed. However, wristwatches were only worn by women in the early years. Men did not wear watches on their wrists. However, the war brought a change of heart. The soldiers quickly recognized the advantage of wearing a wristwatch instead of taking a watch out of their pocket repeatedly. And so the watch spread among men, too.

The advances do not stop there. The talking wristwatch also became a very handy item for the elderly, the item telling them the time if they just touched a button.

Away from the mechanics and the electronics 

The first watches being very difficult to handle and wind, the mechanics have also made some improvements from this point of view. This led to the automatic watches, which did not have to be wound manually, but were wounded automatically by moving the watch around. The quartz watch was invented in the late 20s, which featured a so-called electronic voice circuit, which displayed the time.

The computerized wristwatch from Japan 

A whole new watch was launched on the Japanese market, where the watch-making industry developed mainly in the 70s. The new Japanese watch did not have a mechanical basis, but a computerized control system.it was a digital sports watch. This watch was rapidly improved several times. Thus, the watch could no longer display the time only. From now on, the small watch also showed the date and even knew whether it was a leap year or an ordinary one.

The wristwatch as jewelry 

A watch is no longer just a clock. The watch has become a fashion accessory. Watches are available in all imaginable colors and shapes. You can always buy matching watches for any fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by fashion trends. However, you can find mens or boys watches for all tastes despite these different trends. The small watches on which people could only read the time if they put their glasses on and the flamboyant giant watches which made it difficult for people to walk upright are now gone. One thing is certain: Science may yet make so much progress - the watch is still far from being just an item people use to tell the time.