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How WWI made wristwatches happen

Corky

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How WWI made wristwatches happen


Accurately answering the question “What time is it?” has been a human obsession for millennia
– but it’s only been since World War I that you’re likely to turn your wrist to do



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http://boingboing.net/2015/03/04/how-wwi-made-wristwatches-happ.html
 

Benzadmiral

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I'd read somewhere, too, that a pocket watch, being carried on your person, would be hard to reach when wearing a winter coat or "trench" coat. So officers especially opted for wristwatches.
 

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