AD 1088, when China’s Song Dynasty scientist Su Song and Han Lian, who has created work the clock tower, which is the armillary sphere, celestial globe, and mechanical timer combined device. It water as a power source, with the scientific escapement, high about 12 meters, seven-meter square, divided into three layers: the upper release armillary sphere, to conduct astronomical observations; middle put celestial globe, celestial bodies can be simulated for simultaneous demonstration; the lower is the the heart of the instrument, timing, timekeeping, power source and output are in the formation of this layer. Although several decades later destroyed in wars, but it is the history of clocks and watches in the world of great importance. As a result, China’s famous clock master, the ancient clock collector, Mr. Kiu Tai Yu of “the Chinese people to create a watch history” point of view.
The 14th century in Europe, Britain, France and other countries reported that tall buildings appeared clock, the clock power by a rope hanging from heavy hammer, the use of gravity produced by gravity. The late 15th and early 16th centuries there iron clockwork, so that clock has a new power source, but also for the clock to create the conditions for miniaturization. In 1583, the Italian Galileo established the well-known theory, etc., that is the theoretical basis for the pendulum. 1656 Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens applied the theory of Galileo’s pendulum is designed, next year, under the guidance of his young clock maker S. Coster was successfully manufactured the first pendulum clock. In 1675, he replaced the original with the gossamer pendulum, so that formed a clockwork-driven, with gossamer as the governor of a small body clock, but also for the manufacture of portable bag table provides the conditions.
During the 18th century invention of a wide range of escapement, in order to bag the table for further emergence and development of the foundation. Englishman George Graham in 1726 improved the escapement wheel-shaped body, and before the invention of the vertical placement of the crankshaft escapement different, making bag is relatively thin sheet movement. In addition, around 1757 the British Thomas Mudge invented the fork escapement, and further improve the accuracy of timing kit form. During this period until the 19th century produced a large number of watch manufacturers, in order to bag the table contributed to the development. The latter half of the 19th century, in some women’s bracelet pouch on the upload form, as a decoration. At that time people just see it as a jewelry, but also not fully recognize its practical value. Until the 20th century in human history, with raising the level of watch manufacturing process, as well as the tremendous changes in technology and civilization, which exacerbates the watch made possible the establishment of the status.
The early 20th century, nurses in order to grasp the time to put the pouch sheet hanging in the chest, people have attached great importance to its practicality, the sake of convenience, accurate and durable. In particular, the outbreak of the First World War, bags table has been unable to meet the needs of combat soldiers, watch the production of a trend. In 1926, Rolex watch factory produced a fully waterproof watch case, patented and named for the oyster, the second year, a courageous British women wearing the Mercedes Gleitze the completion of this form of individual swim across the English Channel feat. This event has also become an important turning point in the history of clocks and watches. Since then, many new designs and technologies are also used in watches, and became a true sense of the timing belt on a wrist instrument. Immediately following World War II to watch a substantial increase in production capacity and prices fall, so that the general public can also have it. Watch the era has arrived!
As the Taiwan from China’s water-driven clock to the present invention in all countries in the development of the atomic clocks that several hundred years of evolution, we can see, the various periods of scientists and watch craftsmen with their clever and constant practice of the wisdom of integration into the of a time tunnel, but also outlines a watch for our cultural and technological development trajectories.