Wrist Watch As A Fashion Piece

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These days, people buy watches less out of necessity than out of the desire to appear stylish.  With most everyone owning cell phones that display the time, few of us need a watch for practical reasons.  But it wasn’t always this way because most times i find myself looking at my phone to check time forgetting that am wearing a wrist watch.

When humans started to organize themselves into civilized societies, it became necessary to clearly mark the times of the day – early democratic gatherings and entertainment events wouldn’t have been very successful if our ancient ancestors had said, “Get here at some point between sun up and sun down.”  So, they developed ways to divide the day and recognize those divisions.

In 1500 B.C the Egyptians and Mesopotamians used a sundial for time; ancient Romans erected obelisks to cast different shadows on the ground as the sun moved across the sky; and in 1900, the British used the early wristwatch, a so-called woman’s toy, to win a war.

And now, we are seeing the advancement of the smart watch, a device that early watch developers would scarcely recognize at all.

Smart watches may prove to be very useful to modern man, but they will never replace a beautifully handcrafted watch that is the result of thousands of years of human development.  When you look at how far we have come in our time-keeping abilities, it certainly makes you look at watches with a newfound appreciation for the amazing technology that was invented solely for the purpose of putting the accurate hour, minute and second within arm’s reach.