Men Wristwatches
What was once, in the earliest years of take-away wirstwatches, believed to be unsuitable for gentlemen and only for ladies, has grown today into a fashion utensil that everyone has. In the meantime, the 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 advancement was reached, which made it possible to put the mechanics in an even smaller space. It was now possible to design the clockworks in such a way that one were able to fasten them to a wristband without a any trouble. The practical application of this new breakthrough let the pocket watch to be quickly replaced by the wrist watch. It quickly became the fashion to wear a wristwatch. It seemed like the models sprouted from the ground and the plurality developed with immense speed. In the early years, however, wrist watches were worn only by women. Men did not wear timepieces on their wrists.It just didn’t seem right. 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 pocket 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 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. Men watches
