History

  • 1275
    INVENTION OF CLOCK
    Though early civilizations used primitive time-telling devices, such as sundials,
    the first clock was invented by the english in 1275.
  • 1500
    POCKET WATCH HISTORY
    The first of them was produced in late 1500's and like the earliest clock,
    only had and hour hand.
  • 1800
    WIDESPREAS ADOPTION
    One sector that was swept up in this wave of productivity was pocket watches,
    and they finally reached the mass market.
  • 1880
    THE WRISTWATCH HISTORY
    This trend was the adoption of men using wristwatches in military. This began
    in1880 when Constant Girad decided to outfit his German naval officers with
    wristwatches.
  • 1914
    USE ON THE BATTLEFIELD
    Though WWI had many massive implications, one of the less significant ones
    was the use of military wristwatches.
  • 1916
    WRISTWATCHES TAKE OVER
    Watch company marketing departments began to use depictions of soldiers
    wearing wristwatches to sell them to other men.