| By technical definition, not that you needed it, is "a | | | | gears to move which then made the hands move. |
| watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn by a | | | | At first the watch merely told the user the hour, then |
| person". What amazes me is that for all the people | | | | the second and as technology evolved, the date and |
| that wear watches on a daily basis, I bet very few of | | | | day of the month was added. As the Swiss |
| you take the time to wonder about the history of them | | | | watchmakers got better at making things small and |
| or look at your watch and wonder how it does all the | | | | more accurate the functions that were available on |
| things that is does for you on a daily basis. | | | | the watch began to grow. There were models that did |
| I would wager that the only time you really give a | | | | not just a few things, but 33 things or more. One model |
| thought to your watch is when you forget to put it on, | | | | could account for when leap year would actually |
| when the band breaks or when the battery dies. I | | | | happen and automatically make that adjustment and |
| mean let's get real, as long as it is working like it's | | | | add or skip the day as needed. What is truly amazing |
| supposed to, you really have no need to think about it. | | | | is that all of this happened before and without the use |
| A good portion of the reason they as so reliable is | | | | of computers. Yes someone actually had to use a |
| because so much has happened throughout time to | | | | brain to figure it all out by hand and then they had to |
| make them as trouble free as they are. | | | | make it work in the real world. |
| The watch actually dates back to early time, pardon | | | | As you should be able to tell by now, by the time we |
| the pun, and the first portable watch was worn on a | | | | got to the complicated features available on the |
| FOB and was known as a pocket watch and these | | | | modern watches with the multiple time zone displays, |
| made their appearance in the 1600s. Bet you didn't | | | | split second hands and quartz technology and multiple |
| know that watches were that old. | | | | functions. There was a lot of hard earned history |
| Today's watches for the most part are either | | | | behind the thought process and the early pioneers are |
| powered by light, battery or the kinetic energy of your | | | | the ones that really laid the ground work with all the |
| movement or a combination there of. But back when | | | | development of the technology that makes today's |
| they were in their infancy stage, watches had to be | | | | watches what they are. |
| wound. You pulled a little pin out and manually twisted it | | | | So, the next time you strap on your trusty watch, say |
| many times back and forth until the internal spring was | | | | a silent thank you to the people that started it all way |
| wound tight and it would slowly unwind and cause the | | | | back when. |