The history of watches

When did humans begin with the concept of "time"?

  The distant ancestors of human beings first knew the passage of time from tomorrow.About six thousand years ago, the "clock" first appeared on the stage of human history: the sundial was born in the kingdom of Babylon.The ancients used the sundial, according to the length of the shadow of the sun and the change of orientation.Four thousand years ago, the invention of leakage, so that people can know the time of day and night.And the appearance of the clock, in the middle of the thirteenth century.

   The early mechanical clock, which appeared in the northern and southern parts of Italy around the year of 17o, was powered by a counterweight, and the accompanying clock was ringing every hour.In 1336, the first public clock was installed in a milan church, in the next half century, the clock to European countries, France, Germany, Italy church built clock tower in succession.

  Soon, clockwork was invented, and the clock was much smaller.In the first year of the year, German locksmiths made their watches.In that year, the production of clocks seemed to be limited to the sideline of locksmiths, until later, the demands for the precision of the clock became more and more high, and the skill of the clock became increasingly complex, and the professional watchmaker appeared.In 1806, napoleon's wife, the queen j. joffinen, was a special watch for the princess, the earliest known record of the watch.This is a watch that pays attention to decoration and is made into a bracelet.At the time, the man in the world of phoenix was a pocket watch as a status symbol, and the watch was regarded as an accessory for women.In 1885, the German navy agreed to a large number of watches in Swiss clocks, and the usefulness of the watch gained universal recognition.