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Watches, The History of Time: An Extensive Look
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About Watches, The History Of Time: An Extensive Look
This book tells the reader about the history of different timepieces, why they are given different names such as the chronograph or the Diver's watch and how they revolutionized human practices in their time. The book has classified 10 different types of watches; Swiss watch, Quartz watch, Radio controlled watch, Chronograph watch, Diver's watch, Pilot's watch, Space watch, Military watch, Sports watch and the Race watch. Each of the watches discussed above have come from some idea about making a certain practice better than before. These watches have served to make life easier for man in his pursuit to achieve success. The book starts off with an introduction where a brief history of the watch is discussed. The first inventor of the wristwatch (though there is not widespread agreement on who invented it), a wrist watch given as a gift to the Queen of England, and afterwards to the Queen of Naples and how that made the wristwatch become a fashion statement for women. Then the history of the wristwatch takes it turn to a more practical use; War. It was used by soldiers on the battlefield in order to coordinate and time attacks. This led to the wrist watch being manufactured for Mass Production. The Garstin company was the first to patent a watch design. The watch was used by the British in their colonial struggle. Afterwards, the discussion shifts towards the design changing overtime, simple leather straps and bulky watch faces becoming more thinner and sleeker. The wristwatch overtime became desirable for men as well after soldiers were recognized by watches on their wrists. The introduction hints further in the book about how WWl and WWll revolutionized watch-making. The first chapter is about Swiss watches. A thorough introduction is given about Swiss watches, the history of how the wristwatch became so central to Swiss national identity and how the Swiss were the first in most major watch innovations, such as the first watch-maker's guild, the first perpetual wat
