Ladies like Colorful Watches
What was at one time, in the earliest years of portable watches, thought to be unsuitable for gentlemen and only for women, has built now into a fashion utensil that everybody has. Meantime, the watch is more than a tool 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 mechanics in an even smaller space. It was now possible to design the clockworks in such a manner that one were able to fasten them to a wristband without a problem. The practical application of this innovational discovery let the pocket watch to be quickly substituted by the wristwatch. It rapidly became the fashion to wear a wrist watch. It seemed like the models sprouted from the ground and the diversity produced with great speed. In the early years, however, wristwatches were worn only by women. Gentlemen did not wear timepieces on their wrists. It just wasn’t done. 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 bag first. And in this way, the wrist watch prevailed with the male sex.
Away from the mechanical – on to electronics
While the first watches were still being wound, some innovations developed in relation to the mechanics. The automatic wristwatch came out, which no longer had to be wound manually, but was wound automatically through the movement of the wrist 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. Ladies’s watches
