- Peter Dimitroff Petroff, a NASA engineer, was the inventor of the Digital watch.
- Most inexpensive and medium-priced watches are electronic watches with quartz movements.
- A watch is usually a wristwatch, attached to the wrist with a strap or bracelet.
- Patek Phillipe created the first wristwatch in 1868.
- Before wristwatches became popular in the early 20th century, most watches were pocket watches.
- Until the World War I the wristwatch was considered to be a woman's accessory.
- The first wristwatch for men was invented by Cartier.
- The quartz watch was introduced in 1969.
- Compared to quartz movements, mechanical watches are less accurate, often with errors of seconds per day.
- Electronic watches require electricity as a power source. Usually the electricity is provided by a replaceable battery.
- The watch worn by astronauts in their mission to the Moon: Omega Speedmaster.
- Analog display of the time is nearly universal in expensive watches sold as jewelry or collectibles.
- Analog watches as well as clocks are often marketed showing a display time of approximately 10:09 or 10:10.
- In 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to conquer Mt. Everest, he was wearing a Rolex Oyster.
QUOTES ABOUT WATCHES
"Even a broken watch is correct twice a day."
"A person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches is never sure."
"Rolex is more like a religion than a watch." John Sapphire
"The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age." Lewis Mumford
"Outside of a dog, a watch is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to tell time." Groucho Marx
