Those were the days of primitive industry and human achievement.In the 1600s, clockmakers in Europe, particularly in Switzerland, started experimenting with smaller springdriven clocks that evolved from pocket watches to wristwatches.
They were simple to carry and made a statement, but were very pricey and beyond of reach of the average person.After the industrial revolution, several watchmakers began massproducing timepieces, mostly pocket watches, which grew popular but were still costly and heavy.
After WWII, troops used wristwatches to time their moves on the battlefield, therefore they were massproduced and distributed.Seiko released the Seiko 35 SQ Astron quartz watch on December 25, 1969.
Astron was the first quartz watch and the most accurate to date.
It was sold for $1200, which is still a lot for a wristwatch.Casio watches immediately became a major sensation when their first Casio Tron was debuted in 1974.The three Casio brothers' firm became a household brand because to their production and marketing abilities.Casio was one of the five leading calculator brands of the 1970s.Texas Instruments, HP, Sharp, Canon, and Casio competed to shrink the calculator from a desktop monster to a pocket-sized calculator.
First Casio Digital Watch 1974 Casio watches were the first technologically successful electronic watches that revolutionised watch owners.The ingenious Casiotrons were a global hit.Casio was the first to mass produce quartz timepieces that ran on batteries and were very accurate.
Those were the days of primitive industry and human achievement.In the 1600s, clockmakers in Europe, particularly in Switzerland, started experimenting with smaller springdriven clocks that evolved from pocket watches to wristwatches.
They were simple to carry and made a statement, but were very pricey and beyond of reach of the average person.After the industrial revolution, several watchmakers began massproducing timepieces, mostly pocket watches, which grew popular but were still costly and heavy.
After WWII, troops used wristwatches to time their moves on the battlefield, therefore they were massproduced and distributed.Seiko released the Seiko 35 SQ Astron quartz watch on December 25, 1969.
Astron was the first quartz watch and the most accurate to date.
It was sold for $1200, which is still a lot for a wristwatch.Casio watches immediately became a major sensation when their first Casio Tron was debuted in 1974.The three Casio brothers' firm became a household brand because to their production and marketing abilities.Casio was one of the five leading calculator brands of the 1970s.Texas Instruments, HP, Sharp, Canon, and Casio competed to shrink the calculator from a desktop monster to a pocket-sized calculator.
First Casio Digital Watch 1974 Casio watches were the first technologically successful electronic watches that revolutionised watch owners.The ingenious Casiotrons were a global hit.Casio was the first to mass produce quartz timepieces that ran on batteries and were very accurate.