What was once, in the earliest years of take-away watches, considered to be unsuitable for gentlemen and only for women, has built nowadays into a fashion utensil that everybody has. In the meantime, the wrist watch is no longer only a instrument to tell the time.

The turn of the 20th century on the wrist

With the turn of the 20th century, a different level of technical advancement was made, which made it possible to house the mechanics in an even smaller space. It was now possible to condense the clockworks in such a manner that people were able to fasten them to a wristband without a any trouble. The practical application of this innovational breakthrough allowed the pocket watch to be quickly replaced 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 developed with great speed. In the early years, however, wrist watches were used only by women. Gentlemen 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 wristwatch prevailed with the male sex.

Away from the mechanical – on to electronics

While the first wristwatches were still being wound, some inventions developed in relation to the mechanics. The automatic watch emerged, which no longer had to be wound by hand, but was wound automatically through the movement of the wrist watch. Afterwards, at the end of the 20’s, the quartz wrist watch was invented. Time was indicated here by the so-called electronic oscillating circuit. women wrist watches