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Mar 4, 1524
The First Pocket Watch
Peter Henlein invents what is considered to be the first pocket watch. This makes him the [disputed ]inventor of the pocket watch. This was the first step into portable timekeeping. But it did pose some problems, they eventually slowed down keeping up with time. -
Mar 4, 1524
The First Pocket Watch
The first pocket watch was created by Peter Heinlen. It had a round shape protected by a brass floral covering you could see through. After his creation watches rapidly became a trend with rich Europeans. (http://www.historyofwatch.com/watch-history/history-of-pocket-watches/) -
Period: Mar 4, 1524 to
Evolution of the Wristwatch
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Period: Mar 4, 1524 to
Evolution of the Wristwatch
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The First Wristwatch
the first wristwatches dates from much earlier. Patek Philippe made its first wristwatch in 1868, and it was sold to the Countess Koscowicz of Hungary in 1876. This was a large and ornate piece wound with a key. It looked something like a triptych, with two diamond and gold panels on each side of the timepiece itself. From then on, wristwatches were really a women's thing, and so they were often heavily jewelled bracelets, with the watch reduced to an accessory. -
The First All- Digital Watch
The first all-digital watch the Hamilton Pulsar P1 Limited Edition was introduced in April 1972 for $2,100 (about $11,400 today)! It was a revolutionary design, using LED lighting, and it was encased in 18k gold. The display, produced by a complex 25-chip circuit, was so power hungry that it lit up only temporarily when the user pushed a button on the front of the unit. A similar model was featured in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die only one year later. -
The First Calculator Watch
Only three years after the birth of the LED wristwatch, several manufacturers showed off prototypes for models containing fully functional calculators. One of the first to reach the market, in 1976, was yet again, a model from Hamilton, it was called the Hamilton Pulsar Calculator Watch. Its buttons were so small that the user could only press them using an included stylus. Though impressive, the calculator watch never was really popular until later. -
The First Camera Watch
The Casio Wrist Camera was the first wristwatch with an integrated digital camera. Sure, it only captured 120-by-120-pixel photos in grayscale, but the fact that Casio crammed a working camera into a watch turned many heads. While the emergence of some sort of camera watch seemed inevitable since the time of Dick Tracy, camera integration has not proved popular in the wristwatch market. -
Works Cited (Some were too long)
First Wristwatch http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/wristwatchinvention.php
First Digital Watch
https://www.wired.com/2015/03/tech-time-warp-week-1972-digital-watch-cost-car/
The First Calculator Watch
http://www.uniquewatchguide.com/calculator-watches.html
The First Camera Watch
http://ixbtlabs.com/articles/caswristcam/
