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 grown nowadays into a fashion utensil that everyone has. In the meantime, the wristwatch is no longer only 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 confirmable portable timepiece was made in 1500. This was not a wrist watch, but more of a pocket watch. Through technical advance, 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 wrist watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had built its own watch industry. The new wrist watch from Japan was no longer set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wrist watch expanded its range of capability rapidly. The watch 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

Today, the wrist watch is no longer just a watch. The wrist watch has become a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colours and forms imaginable. One can also get compatible watches from all fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these contrary styles, there is something for every taste. The tiny watches, which need glasses 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 advancement - 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.