Fashion Watches for Ladies and Men
What was one time, in the earliest years of take-away watches, seen to be unsuitable for men and only for women, has got now into a fashion utensil that everyone wants. In the meantime, the watch is more than a instrument to tell the time.
The turn of the 20th century on the wrist
With the turn of the 20th century, another level of technical advancement was reached, 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 one could fasten them to a wristband without a problem. The practical application of this new breakthrough let the pocket watch to be quickly substituted by the wristwatch. It quickly became the fashion to wear a wrist watch. It appeared like the models sprouted from the ground and the variety produced with immense speed. In the early years, however, wrist watches 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 recognized the advantage of a watch on the wrist, which didn’t have to be pulled out of the pocket first. And in this way, the wrist watch prevailed with the male sex.
Away from the mechanical - on to electronics
While the first wristwatches were still being wound, several inventions developed in relation to the mechanics. The automatic wristwatch emerged, which no longer had to be wound manually, but was wound automatically through the movement of the watch. Afterwards, at the end of the 20’s, the quartz watch was invented. Time was indicated here by the so-called electronic oscillating circuit. women wrist watches
