Watches

Germany

Jan 1, 1500

Peter Henlein Peter Henlein creates the first pocket watch.

History of the Watch

Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Mar 9, 2010

Cases

Jan 1, 1600

Watches became popular, so cases are shaped like animals and objects.

Fusee

Jan 1, 1635

The fusee was adapted from clocks to watches.

Remontoire

Jan 1, 1659

Christian Huygens invented the Remontoire.

Alarms

Jan 1, 1687

Daniel Quare patents the thingy that makes bells sound every quarter hours and hours.

Colourful history

Jan 1, 1750

Watch makers started making the hands diffrent colours.

Nice work, Abraham.

Jan 1, 1780

Abraham Louis Perrlet invents the wind-up clock

Pretty patterns

Jan 1, 1786

Breguet puts patterns on watch dials.

Lets see how long that took...

Jan 1, 1807

Tomas Young invented the chronograph, simaler to a stop watch.

First watch manufacturer in America

Mar 10, 1809

Lurther Goddard of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is the first watch manufacturer in America.

Great job!

Mar 10, 1843

Adrien Philippe develops a watch with winding and setting through the crown.

Now we can stop!

May 10, 1844

Adolph Nicole invented start, stop, and reset.

Water safe

Mar 10, 1871

Aaros Dennison invents
waterproof case.

Glitter for the girls

Mar 10, 1888

Cartier makes ladies
wrist watches with dimonds engraded in it.

Let's protect!

Mar 10, 1912

Movado invents a
army wrist watch with
a protective grid over
the glass.

Stainless time.

Mar 10, 1972

Audemars Piguet creates the
first stainless steel
luxury wrist watch

Look at it now!

Mar 10, 2010

Now, our clocks are complex and crazy. There's millions of gadjets and desighns.