Exercise (B) V&A Timeline
Victoria and Albert Museum - Timeline
Watch Year: 1810-20 Place of origin: Switzerland Artist/ Maker: Unknown
Watch Year: 1615 Place of origin: Blois Maker: Perras, Charles (watchmaker)
1700
1600
1800
1600-1611
1759
The invention of the spring.
Thomas Mudge invents the level escapement
Watch - Hopalong Cassidy Year: 1955 Place of origin: Dundee Maker: Timex (manufacturer)
Pebble Classic, Pebble smartwatch Year: 2014 Place of origin: California (designed) Artist/ Maker: Pebble Technology Corp (designer)
1900 1876 Watches are made from cheaper materials, which allow ordinary people to own them. Pocket watches are still the most popular.
2000 Watch Year: 1982 Place of origin: Taiwan (possibly) Artist/Maker: Rolex (manufacturer)
The first pocket watch was invented in 1505 by Peter Henlein. A similar watch is shown on the timeline in the year 1615. In the following years, the technology continued to develop and watchmakers started to use roman numerals and second arrow. In 1880 Girard-Perregaux developed the concept of a wristwatch for German naval officers, but by the 1914 wristwatches were worn mainly by women as an accessory. The soldiers continued to wear their pocket watches on their wrists, several companies noticed that and at the end of the 19th century, they began to produce wristwatches. Girard-Perregaux was the first company which started the mass production of this type of watches. After Cartier produced a wristwatch for the pilot Alberto Santos-Dumont to use during flights in 1904, wristwatches became more popular among the men and gradually they replaced pocket watches. When watches became a growing industry, it was much easier for them to find sponsors for research and improvement. The results were the development and variety of new functions that watches can perform, which further expands the market for them.