A watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn on a person. It is usually a wristwatch, attached to the wrist with a strap or bracelet. In addition to the time, modern watches often display the day, date, month and year, and electronic watches may have many other functions.
Most inexpensive and medium-priced watches used mainly for timekeeping are electronic watches with quartz movements.Expensive, collectible watches valued more for their workmanship and aesthetic appeal than for simple timekeeping, often have purely mechanical movements and are powered by springs, even though mechanical movements are less accurate than more affordable quartz movements.
The inventor of the Digital watch was Peter Dimitroff Petroff who was a NASA engineer. He created the first prototype of the digital watch. Petroff was originally from Bulgaria and in 1968 started Care Electrics developing wireless heart monitors for hospital use. Care Electrics evolved into Electro/Data which created the prototype digital watch. The watch was marketed by the Hamilton Watch Company as the Pulsar which sold for $2100.00 in 1971. Promotional Digital Watches are popular as "geek watches" since they incorporate a large number of features other than displaying the time.
Before wristwatches became popular in the 1920s, most watches were pocket watches, which often had covers and were carried in a pocket and attached to a watch chain or watch fob. Watches evolved in the 17th century from spring powered clocks, which appeared in the 15th century.
Most inexpensive and medium-priced watches used mainly for timekeeping are electronic watches with quartz movements.Expensive, collectible watches valued more for their workmanship and aesthetic appeal than for simple timekeeping, often have purely mechanical movements and are powered by springs, even though mechanical movements are less accurate than more affordable quartz movements.
The inventor of the Digital watch was Peter Dimitroff Petroff who was a NASA engineer. He created the first prototype of the digital watch. Petroff was originally from Bulgaria and in 1968 started Care Electrics developing wireless heart monitors for hospital use. Care Electrics evolved into Electro/Data which created the prototype digital watch. The watch was marketed by the Hamilton Watch Company as the Pulsar which sold for $2100.00 in 1971. Promotional Digital Watches are popular as "geek watches" since they incorporate a large number of features other than displaying the time.
Before wristwatches became popular in the 1920s, most watches were pocket watches, which often had covers and were carried in a pocket and attached to a watch chain or watch fob. Watches evolved in the 17th century from spring powered clocks, which appeared in the 15th century.