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first wristwatch
Breguet creates a watch to fit on a wrist (the first wristwatch), for Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples. -
watches equipped with a button for setting the time
Breguet introduces watches equipped with a button for setting the time. -
first successful electric watch
America's Hamilton Watch Company produces the first successful electric watch -
originator of the scratch-proof watch
Rado becomes known as originator of the scratch-proof watch with the release of the DiaStar I, made of hard metal -
first quartz-crystal analog wristwatch
Seiko introduces its first quartz-crystal analog wristwatch -
thinnest watch in the world
The Delirium is introduced as the thinnest watch in the world, measuring 1.98 mm. -
Calibre 89
Patek Philippe creates the Calibre 89 to celebrate its 150th anniversary. The watch is deemed the most complicated in the world, with 33 complications, or special features. -
Emergency watch
The Breitling Emergency watch—equipped with a transmitter that broadcasts a distress signal to rescuers—helps save the lives of the crew of the Mata-Rangi expedition when their reed raft breaks up in a storm off the Chilean coast. -
Samsung smart watches
Samsung had launched its first smart watch, designed to work as the ultimate companion device to a mobile phone.The Galaxy Gear, as the watch was called, was something genuinely new, the company has launched two more, the Gear 2 and the Gear 2 Neo which is a cut-down version without a camera that makes it slimmer and lighter.
