FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY WATCHES THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND

While many people are well aware of the fact that modern luxury watches did not come to existence until 18th century, a lot of watch aficionados do not know about the long evolution of watches throughout the known history. The modern watches you embrace your wrists with are the creation of hundreds of experimental upgrades carried out by various watch artists.

The word ‘history’ might bring sleep to most brains but the history of watches is just the opposite. It totally means that you can call off your mission of studying boring histories and give a read to history of watches instead. It is as amusing and enjoyable as FRIENDS Tv Series could be (perhaps a bit less). There are so many mind blowing facts about the watches’ history that only few people know about them all. We don’t want to bombard your pretty brain with huge pile of facts. Here in this article, we will present you a list of the most interesting facts regarding the history of watches. Let’s start, shall we?

1. We all have heard about how humans used to measure time by passage of sand from one container to another via instruments called ‘clepsydre’. But little do we know about when exactly the modern sexagesimal system (numeral system with sixty as base) was first used. It was Sumer, an Egyptian who first used this around 2000 BC. He divided the day into twelve hours and used water clocks for night time and sundials for daytime.

2. Until the first world war, men never wore wristwatches. Initially, women used to wear them for fashion purposes while men sticked to pocket watches. When the war started, it was difficult for soldiers to carry pocket watches and thus started to wear wristwatches instead. Since then, it is men who love timepieces more than women do. History can change, no?

3. Chronograph watches are the face of modern craftsmanship combined with artistry. The first such watch was manufactured by Louis Moinet in 1816. Let’s all thank him for the beautiful chronograph armani watches, eh?

4. When the watch market grew huge during late 20th century, the watch lovers complained of how watches used to get damaged when accidentally dropped. Then came the first ever shock-resistant watch G-shock by Casio, which was experimented by dropping off from fourth floor. It was after its ultimate success that many brands jumped in and started making shock resistant watches.

5. Calculators used to be significant instruments back in history. The watchmakers realized that people hated to carry big-sized calculators with them all the time so they thought of inventing a watch with it. The first ever calculator watch was made during 1970s and is still produced.

Now that you know about the most interesting facts about history of watches, it would be a pity if you don’t own even a single watch. Browse a huge range of mens watches at Watchista which promises to deliver high quality watches at best rates.

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