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Watches Used In The Late 1700's

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Watches used to not be a big thing back in the late 1700’s. That’s when the first watches were made with an alarm, and they were also made so they could go around your wrist. The shapes of the watches that the people made back in the late 1700’s were way different from the watches that we have today. The shapes of the watches that they had back in the old days were very large and rectangular shape. They used the watches for people that worked in the military, worked underwater, and that had really important jobs. The first automatic watch was made by a factory in Switzerland in 1928. They were the big and new watch company in the early 1900’s. These watches were not rechargeable. The people that bought these watches had to buy batteries for it. The batteries that the companies made for them lasted for about 35 hours. …show more content…

The same watch was made waterproof for an upgrade on the watches.
The first running watch was made for the runners in the 1964 olympic runners. This watch was the start of the advancement for all of the watches.
Several years later the watchmaking business became even bigger. Lots of big phone companies started to make really advanced watches. These companies are Samsung, Apple, Sony, Android, Pebble, and Lg. They were big competitors in the industry.
Apple is the main company that has the all of the advanced technology. Apple was the first to make the smart watches. There is a watch company that made the first running watch named “TomTom.” This watch can track your heart rate, and your oxygen level. It even keeps track of your breathing rate, tracks the running course of how long you want to run

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