History
The sundial was invented around 800 BC. The sun falls on an upright or oblique pole and therefore there is a shadow on a time scale. By the time scale you could determine the time.
A water clock was not developed because the sun always shines. Hereby drips water from one pot to another. This was around 300 BC by the Greeks invented.
A candle, which were put dashes, was to see how long it burned. These were used in the 10th century.
The first mechanical clocks appeared in the 12th century in monasteries and gave only the hours. Monks wanted peace and regularity for the right moment to pray. These clocks were not very accurate and often walked at least an hour a day before or after.
The pendulum clock was invented by Christiaan Huygens in 1656. These clocks were equipped with a minute hand and were accurate to the minute daily.
The marine chronometer was invented by the Englishman John Harrison in 1762. To ensure that clocks were accurate enough to be used for navitagie sea praised the English Parliament a prize of 20,000 pounds. The award-winning clock Harrison underwent a seereis of 5 months and had a deviation of 1 minute and 4 seconds.
The first wind up watch was invented by Jacquet-Droz in 1790 and is incorporated in a women's bracelet with many stones was more an ornament.
Pocket watches are hand made and were therefore expensive but popular with the elite. Around 1850 pocket watches were taken into production by a number of factories including Omega. These pocket watches were accurate and affordable for a broader public realms and directors.
The first true Cartier wristwatch was developed in 1905 for the pilot Alberto Santos that a well-read timepiece needed during flight.
During the First World War officeren in the army discovered that it was easier to quickly glance at the wrist watches to cast than a pocket watch halen.Dit emerge along with the increasing needs of the various army units at the same time their actions conduct, made their armies officers provided reliable Fortis watches. After the First World War were the Eurepese and American officers keep their watches, thus they contributed to the more popular of the wristwatch.
The first automatic wristwatch was invented in 1926 and produced by the Swiss Fortis watch factory. These watches were not practical because they need to be excited everyday and were very accurate.
The world's first electronic wristwatch was the invention of the Bulova watch factory in 1957. The invention of the progressive tuning fork movement was a revolutionary technology for unprecedented precision. The power came from a battery. This system was the forerunner of Quartz timepieces which are onset did in 1969 by Seiko.
The world's first quartz watch is powered by light comes to life in 1981 and is one of the many inventions of Citizen. For many decades, Eco Drive unprecedented worldwide success. Today these watches are equipped with numerous functions including radio controlled satellite or forwarded.
The Kinetic watch looks for the first light in 1988. This automatically Quartz watch is a complicated invention with 23 patents of the Swiss Jean d'Eve watch factory. Later the patents sold to Seiko.
Citizen launched the world's first radio-controlled watch in 1993 and remain a pioneer of this field. Atomic timekeeping watches receive radio signals to adjust your watch to the correct time and day guaranteeing perfect precision within a large region or continent.
The world's first satallite GPS controlled watch was launched by Citizen in 2011. GPS timekeeping watches receive satallite signals to adjust your watch to the correct time and day all around the globe.