What Is A Watch

The document traces the evolution of wristwatch technology from the 16th century to the mid-20th century. It begins with one of the earliest known wristwatches from 1505 and discusses watch components such as cases, crowns, dials, hands, and straps over time. It then covers the three main types of watch movements: manual winding, automatic self-winding watches, and quartz watches, the latter of which was pioneered in the late 1960s and relies on a quartz crystal oscillator for keeping time.

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What Is A Watch

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THE 16TH CENTURY TO THE MID-20TH CENTURY

A 16th-century portable drum

watch with sundial. The 24-hour dial
has Roman numerals on the outer
band and Hindu-Arabic
WRIST numerals on the inner one
WATCH STRAP BRACELET
LEATHER

An early watch from around 1505

purportedly by Peter Henlein
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Back side of the case Front side of the case

CASE
Screw Back Snap Case Back Bayonet Case Back Exhibition Case back

The exhibition back is a window

Most early watches used a
Many popular watch models Supercompressor cases have into the layers of a watch’s
feature a “screw back” simple snap on back. This is automatic movement.
a bayonet style back similar to
held to the case with We don’t really see exhibition case
design in which the back of a screw-down back but with
pressure. Such watches often backs on quartz watches. How
the casing screws into place an indentation at the end of
feature an indentation along quartz watches work is fascinating,
to cover and protect the the screw travel so the case but they’re electric. Automatic
the case back so a tool can
battery and other important back is always attached with watches are a wonder of
be inserted to pry off the
internal components. the same pressure. mechanical balance. They’re
back. mesmerizing to watch.
Rolex Crown Different types of crowns
Different types of pushers

Start/Stop Pusher

Reset Pusher
Watch Bezel
BEZEL
Some different shapes of crystals
Different Types of Dials Layout

ROLEX DIAL

FACE DIAL
SUB DIAL A chronograph watch typically has
three dials to register the time elapsed
– a second dial (also referred to as a
sub-second dial), a minute dial and an
hour dial. Positions can vary based on
the watch manufacturer.
Different types of watch hands and their names
Some different types of Indices

Watch Indices
or Markers
Different types of straps
Different types of closures
Manual Winding Automatic Quartz
The watch is generally wound via the crown in
a singular direction to wind the inner spring
and power the watch. The hand-winding movement of
a Russian watch

The movement of a chronograph

pocketwatch from the 1880s.
ESCAPEMENT
First automatic wristwatch,
Harwood, c. 1929 (Deutsch’s
Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 47-3543)

An eccentric weight, called

SELF-WINDING OR AUTOMATIC WATCH
a rotor, swings with the
movement of the wearer's
body and winds the spring.
RATCHET
First quartz wristwatch
BETA 1 developed by
CEH, Switzerland, 1967