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 today into a fashion utensil that everybody has. In the meantime, the wristwatch is no longer just a instrument 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 constructed 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 more and more smaller space, the needed components 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 wrist watch from Japan

A totally new watch came onto the market in the 1970’s from Japan, which had developed its own watch industry. The new watch from Japan was no longer set on a mechanical basis, but on a computerized control. This wrist watch extended its range of capacity quickly. The wrist watch no longer just showed the time. The small 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 wristwatch is much more than a watch. The wrist watch has turn into a fashion accessory. Wristwatches come in all colours and forms imaginable. One can also get compatible watches from every fashion collection. The current watches are dominated by the correct fashion trends. Despite these contrary trends, there is something for every taste. The tiny watches, which require spectacles to tell the time, and the extraordinary big watches, which make it difficult to walk upright. By all means, one thing is certain: science is still likely to make so much advance – that the wristwatch will be found on the wrists of people for a long time, to respond to the question as to what time it is.