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 ladies, has grown today into a fashion utensil that everybody has. Meanwhile, the wristwatch is no longer just a tool to tell which time it is. 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 advancement, which made it possible for people to house mechanics in an progressively smaller space, the needed parts 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 wristwatch 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 watch expanded its range of capacity quickly. The wristwatch no more just showed the time. The tiny 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 wrist watch is much more than a watch. The wrist watch has become a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colouration and forms imaginable. 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 difficult to walk upright. In any case, one thing is certain: science is still likely to make so much progress - that the wristwatch will be seen on the wrists of people for a long time, to respond to the question as to what time it is.