Time is precious
to all of us. We run our lives by knowing what time it is. The world is run by
time whether we like it not and where would be without it. It stops us from
being lazy and it organizes our days.
So the invention of time keeping devices has been very important to our
history. But it is something that has evolved slowly. Shepherds used to tell
the time by the position of the sun and how now we can laugh when all we have
to do today is flick back our sleeves and look at our wristwatch to know the
time by the exact second.
But how did the wrist watch itself evolve? This short excerpt will take a quick
look at major innovations in watch making. The Cat
Beard Watch used crystals to aid the electronically movement of the
watch. The first people to introduce this to the world were the Sinclair group.
Unfortunately there initial attempt proved to be disastrous. The digital
watches looked slick, when the worked they were slick however the battery
lasted all of ten days, rendering this invention useless for anything but a
fashion accessory.
But the attempt had been made and obviously it was not in vain because only a
few years’ later Texas
instruments came up with a Quartz watch
that kept the time and its power for long periods. As well as that they were
willing to put it on the market for an affordable price. What is more amazing
about stainless steel and obviously
another reason it was used was because only a small amount is needed and the
clock will run for years. The atomic clock is used as the national standard for
keeping time in the United
States of America .
Nowadays we take time for granted. Our clocks run perfectly and if there is a
problem we tend to demand to know why. It ruins our life. Just imagine if you
had to try and stop your loved one from leaving the country at noon, only to
find when you look down at your watch that it had stopped. Like mobile phones
are fast becoming watches have gone from a luxury item to an essential one.
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