Mens Wristwatches
What was at one time, in the earliest years of portable wrist watches, seen to be unsuitable for men and only for ladies, has got now into a fashion utensil that everybody has. Meanwhile, the wristwatch 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, another level of technical advancement was made, which made it possible to put the mechanics 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 substituted by the wristwatch. It rapidly became the fashion to wear a wrist watch. It appeared like the models sprouted from the ground and the diversity built with great 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 wrist watch prevailed with the male sex.
Away from the mechanical – on to electronics
While the first wristwatches were still being wound, several inventions developed in relation to the mechanics. The automatic wrist watch came out, which no longer had to be wound by hand, but was wound automatically through the movement of the wrist watch. Later, at the end of the 20’s, the quartz watch was invented. Time was indicated here by the so-called electronic oscillating circuit. Men’s watches
