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Jan 1, 1450
First Method of timekeeping: Sundial
History Of watchmaking After observing the natural rhythm of daylight and dark, civilizations around the world looked for ways to measure time, first with calendars then with instruments of increasing precision -
Jan 1, 1508
The First Watch
A Blog To watch Peter Henlein invents what is considered to be the first pocket watch. This makes him the [disputed ]inventor of the pocketwatch -
Jan 1, 1517
Watchmmaking industry begins
A History of Watchaking Watchmakers competed to produce smaller and smaller watches that could be easily carried. -
Modern Uses for a Modern Clock
History Of Watches Some of the first clocks were created to regulate religious prayers, but standardization of time keeping and clock production came with the arrival of train networks in 18th and 19th century. -
Seth Thomas Clocks
Hstory of Watch The longest continuous clockmaker in USA is company “Seth Thomas Clocks” which opened its doors in 1813. They Produced Clocks as well as watches -
Omega Watches
A Blog To Watch Louis Brandt opens his own workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds which eventually ecomes the omega watch company. -
Wristwatch Disdain
History of Watch
100 years ago, no self-respecting gentleman would be caught dead wearing a wristwatch. In those days, real men carried pocket watches, with a gold half-hunter being the preferred status symbol of the time.
Wristlets, as they were called, were reserved for women, and considered more of a passing fad than a serious timepiece. In fact, they were held in such disdain that many a gentlemen were actually quoted to say they “would sooner wear a skirt as wear a wristwatch”. -
Improvements To Design
History Of WatchIn 1906, the evolution of wristwatches took an even bigger step with the invention of the expandable flexible bracelet, as well as the introduction of wire loops (or lugs) soldered onto small, open-faced pocket watch cases, allowing leather straps to be more easily attached. This aided their adaptation for military use and thus marked a turning point in the development of wristwatches for men. -
Going Digital
Modern Watches The Cortebert Digital Wristwatch was the first digital watch to be commercially sold -
Cheap as Dirt
Modern Watches By the end of the 1970s, however, the price of the average digital watch dropped drastically; they would regularly retail for under $10 a piece. And in the 1980s, they became a novelty. You could even find them in cereal boxes as cheap giveaways.
