Facts About Wristwatches
The watch has become a symbol of status and a piece of modern culture. The two most important attributes that watches stand for are elegance and convenience. About 100 years ago, gentlemen used to carry pocket watches with them. The first that wore wristwatches were the women. Back then, they were called wristlets and hardly anyone considered them to be serious time pieces. No man would have been caught dead wearing such a watch.
These types of watches were also looked down at by the watch-making community. They believed that this type of watch could never achieve the accuracy of a pocket watch or a normal clock because of the small size. This is one of the reasons that determined the companies not to produce them or not to produce them in large quantities.
The Brazilian aviator, Alberto Santos Dumont, asked his friend Louis Cartier back in 1904 to come up with a version of watch that he could use when flying a plane. The watch was named the Santos wristwatch. It first went on sale in 1911, the date of Cartier’s first wristwatch production. During wartime, the soldiers found it hard to use pocket watches. This happened because it was heavy and it was uncomfortable to look at in times of combat. The soldiers began to fit them into leather braces to strap them onto their wrists in order to free their hands.
The wristwatches were not considered a novelty anymore they were a wartime necessity. The victorious soldiers that returned from battle brought their wartime watches home as a souvenir. This is the moment in history when these types of watches began to see numerous improvements.
Today, the watch has become indispensable for those that enjoy being punctual but also for those that find all the new functions attractive. Some consider it to be a wealth statement while others simply look at the practical side.
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