Watches for Men
August 4th, 2009What was once, in the earliest years of portable wrist watches, seen to be unsuitable for men and only for ladies, has got nowadays into a fashion utensil that everyone has. Meanwhile, the wrist watch is more than a instrument to tell the time.
The turn of the 20th century on the wrist
With the turn of the 20th century, a different level of technical progress was made, which made it possible to put the mechanics in an even smaller space. It was now possible to design the clockworks in such a manner that one could fasten them to a wristband without a problem. The practical application of this innovational discovery let the pocket watch to be quickly replaced by the wristwatch. It quickly became the fashion to wear a wristwatch. It looked like the models sprouted from the ground and the plurality developed with extended speed. In the early years, however, wristwatches were used 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 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 wrist watch came out, which no longer had to be wound by hand, but was wound automatically through the movement of the 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
