Evolution Of The Watch
Posted on October 5, 2008 | Tagged with: patek philippe, pendulum clock, pocket watches, spring powered clocks, watch, wristwatch | Leave a Comment
The watch as we know it today came into being out of the necessity of portability in the shipping and navigation industry in the early 15th century. The problem they had was that while the latitude could be measured by looking at the stars, the only way to determine longitude was by comparing the midday time of the local longitude to a European meridian like Paris or Greenwich. This was a very unreliable way of doings things until John Harrison introduced the chronometer.
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