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A Brief History Of Watches

By on November 22, 2011 in Watch Talk

A Brief History Of Watches watch talk

I thought that this simple timeline chronology that briefly discusses the history of watches was interesting and worth sharing. The file was too large to insert as one long image, so I had to cut it up. Click on the images to get larger ones in the photo gallery. Enjoy and thank you to SwissTimeMachine.co.uk for the graphic.

A Brief History Of Watches watch talk

A Brief History Of Watches watch talk

A Brief History Of Watches watch talk

A Brief History Of Watches watch talk

A Brief History Of Watches watch talk

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Owner & Editor-In-Chief of aBlogtoWatch (formerly known as aBlogtoRead.com) - the world's largest and most popular wrist watch blog. Ariel Adams also regularly contributes to other important media such as Forbes, Departures, Centurion, Tech Crunch, and more.
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WatchingHorology
WatchingHorology

This is a great introduction to the history of wrist watches. Wonderfully easy reading and nicely illustrated.

IndWatchmakers
IndWatchmakers

We still are not sure if Perrelet is the "true" inventor of the self winding movement. There is a big controversy started more almost 20 years ago by Joseph Flores who has found document attesting that Sarton invented the self winding movement

stephen
stephen

looks good but is too small to read - need bigger high res images

stephen
stephen

thanks Ariel/Admin - can read easily now

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admin

Click on the pictures to get larger ones.

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