Ladies Watches
What was once, in the earliest years of take-away watches, considered to be unsuitable for men and only for women, has grown today into a fashion utensil that every man has. Meanwhile, the wrist watch is no longer only 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 progress was reached, which made it possible to house the mechanisms in an even smaller space. It was now possible to build the clockworks in such a manner that people could fasten them to a wristband without a problem. The practical application of this new discovery let the pocket watch to be quickly replaced by the wristwatch. It rapidly became the fashion to wear a wristwatch. It seemed like the models sprouted from the ground and the variety produced with immense speed. In the early years, however, wrist watches were used only by women. Men did not wear timepieces on their wrists. It just wasn’t done. The war brought a change of mind concerning this. The soldiers quickly realized 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 wristwatch prevailed with the male sex.
Away from the mechanical - on to electronics
While the first wrist watches were still being wound, some innovations developed in relation to the mechanics. The automatic watch came out, which no longer had to be wound manually, but was wound automatically through the movement of the clock. Later, at the end of the 20’s, the quartz wristwatch was invented. Time was indicated here by the so-called electronic oscillating circuit. women wrist watches
