Watches are considered as the most significant part of every professional’s wardrobe. Luxury watches are more than just watches because they are fashion accessories and timepieces at a time. Well, you have probably heard about Swiss replica watches as the best affordable luxury wristwatches. There is long history of wristwatches that how they were developed and used in ancient times. In this article, we will trace back the history of wristwatches, inventions, modifications and there recent shape we are having.
Initially watches were not wristwatches but they were used as pocket watches. The pocket watch was invented within Tudor, England in the early sixteenth century. Due to their large designs, these watches were not worn around the wrist but around the neck as necklace. In seventeenth century, these watches became more popular and were crafted to be accurate for time keeping. A man Mr. John Harrison was watchmaker that crafted the watch for wonderful results. He created a perfect accuracy in watches for time keeping that helped ship captains to determine the precise longitudinal locations. He worked extremely hard to manufacture four Chronometer Harrison Marine watches in the seventeenth century. You will be amazed to know that these watches were same to the size of smaller dinner plates. Queen’s Captains tested these watches in various ways and when they proved there worthiness, Harrison was awarded with $20,000 in pounds prize for his this creations.
Patik Philippe was the first wrist watch that was manufactured in early nineteenth century. At that time, wristwatches were worn by women as fashion accessories; men used watches as pocket timepieces. In the same century, a new watch company named Rolex was launched by Mr. Hans Wilsdorf in 1905. After few years in 1914, a feature of alarm was added to wristwatches that caught the attraction of peoples rapidly. After ten years in 1924, another watch company called Seiko was launched in Tokyo. The real peak of wristwatches was in twentieth century but still there were men that used to keep pocket watches and were manufactured in large quantities. After the Second World War, the fame of pocket watches was decreased fairly. In 1952, the winding mechanism was replaced by power batteries. This modification was the beginning of true watches era. Wristwatches were electronic and popular in 1970s, but in 90s the mechanical watches reemerged due to the nostalgic and vintage needs in the watch markets.
Nowadays, Swiss made watches are known for their class, luxury and prestige. It begun with pocket watches that were used for accurate time and now we have luxury watches that are fashion accessories for both men and women. Rolex, Patik Philippe, Hublot, Audemars Piguet, Seiko, Omega, Longines and many more are famous luxury wristwatches with unique feature and stylish appearance. One can find divers watches that can show you perfect time under thousand feet of water and also watches with most complicated movements. Another fact about Swiss made watches is that 25% of these watches are not electric but they are mechanical. The ability to keep accurate time and enchanting style and designs attract the people to wear them.
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