What was once, in the earliest years of take-away watches, considered to be unsuitable for men and only for ladies, has built nowadays into a fashion utensil that every man has. In the meantime, the wristwatch is no longer only a instrument to tell which time it is.
The turn of the 20th century on the wrist
With the turn of the 20th century, another level of technical advancement was given, which made it possible to house the mechanisms in an even smaller space. It was now possible to condense the clockworks in such a way that people were able to fasten them to a wristband without a problem. The practical application of this new discovery let the pocket watch to be quickly substituted by the wrist watch. It rapidly became the fashion to wear a wristwatch. It seemed like the models sprouted from the ground and the variety grown with great speed. In the early years, however, wristwatches were worn only by women. Men did not wear timepieces on their wrists.It just didn’t seem right. The war brought a change of mind concerning this. The soldiers quickly realized the advantage of a watch on the wrist, which didn’t have to be pulled out of the bag first. And in this way, the wrist watch prevailed with the male sex.
Away from the mechanical - on to electronics
While the first watches were still being wound, several inventions developed in relation to the mechanics. The automatic watch came out, which no longer had to be wound by hand, but was wound automatically through the movement of the watch. Afterwards, at the end of the 20’s, the quartz wristwatch was invented. Time was indicated here by the so-called electronic oscillating circuit. women wristwatches