- 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.
