When was the first wristwatch made?

The exact time the first wristwatch appeared is not known. But soon after the beginning of the 20th Century women’s small pocket watches began to be fitted into specially made leather or gold adapters to be worn on the wrist. They were immediately successful, and then popularity rapidly increased in the First World War because they could be consulted without undoing a coat a uniform jacket.

The first self winding wristwatch was invented by John Hardwood, an Englishman who patented it in 1924. Today the largest watchmaking industry in the world is concentrated in the Jura mountains and the valley of the Aar in Switzerland.