A Laconic Chronicle Of The Ordinary Automatic Watch
Posted on April 3, 2009 |
The common wrist watch can hardly be called that, exactly. In fact the wristwatch is one truly valuable and useful accessory that is actually as extraordinary as anything can be. There are so many different variations and alternatives, for instance the Automatic watch, all having different options for size, display, functions, depth of water resistance and many more that set each particular type of watch apart from the rest. In this article, we’ll take a more in-depth look at the life of the humble timepiece that has staked its claim on the wrists of millions of people from all parts of the world.
The original timekeeping object that was taken from the pocket watch and reduced in size to fit onto the wrist with a leather strap was a mechanical marvel of intricate, tiny cogs and wheels that were kept in motion by the power of a wound spring coil. Some of the most incredible examples of the wristwatch were made by watchmakers in Switzerland and were capable of awesome time keeping accuracy.
Fast forward to the twentieth century and there are not a lot of changes in wristwatches in particular apart from the highly convenient automatic watches, one of which was the Women’s automatic watch. These wonders of ingenuity were fitted with a movement winding mechanism that enabled the watch to stay wound just by being constantly worn. The motion of the arm of the wearer was just enough to keep it ticking.
It wasn’t until the late 1970s that new breakthroughs happened and the first, affordable digital watches started showing up in shops. They were a clever gimmick that soon frustrated wearers. That’s because you had to use your free hand to activate the display making it possible to tell the time. They were soon refined and able to show the time without this annoying flaw.
Soon after that, the quartz crystal wrist watch appeared in the shops. These were powered by a small battery and never wanted winding. To add to this they were incredibly accurate, but the undeniable breakthrough in accuracy appeared towards the end of the 1980s with the introduction of atomic watches. They used a absolutely accurate electron pulse which displayed the right time all the time.
At last, multifunction watches started to gain in popularity. Coming from the exciting realms of science fiction, a watch may now act as a walkie talkie, an MP3 music player, a cellular phone, a micro computer, a voice recorder, a games console, a radio and they still find room to display the time!
Now we possess a concise, yet eloquently explained and described life of the humble wrist watch exposed for all to see and understand. It is no wonder that this handy yet technologically advanced timepiece has stood the test of time from its humble origins as an intricate achievement of mechanical genius to its modern day equivalent that can be powered by just a small battery or even recharged by the sun and keep time with an accuracy that comes close to being perfect. You can’t say that about all that many inventions that have been in existence as long as the not so common wrist watch!
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