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 developed nowadays into a fashion utensil that everyone has. In the meantime, the wrist watch is no longer just 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 verifiable portable timepiece was built in 1500. This was not a wristwatch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical advancement, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an progressively 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 entirely new watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had built its own watch industry. The new watch from Japan was no more set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wristwatch expanded its range of capability quickly. The 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 wristwatch is no longer just a watch. The wrist watch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colouration and forms thinkable. One can also get compatible watches from all 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 require glasses to tell the time, and the extraordinary huge watches, which make it difficult to walk upright. By all means, 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.