Maintaining Your Seiko Wristwatch
Wristwatches
have been worn on a practical bases since 1900 their origin goes back a
lot further however to AD 1000 when the first escapement was recorded
as being achieved. However it was not until 1500 when Peter Henlein a
German locksmiths gave us the first mainspring and later portable
clocks'. It was quite a long while before the famous Breguet invented
the hairspring in 1780, by that time, time had really moved on, but
more so in the form of clocks.
So
in 1900 when the first wristwatches appeared it was a real revolution
and time telling was suddenly available to the public in a big way.
Many wristwatches were made for the military in WW1, proving extremely
productive, and paved the way for many famous watch houses to move
forward. It was important for technology to move forward, and so it did
with Rolex inventing the first waterproof watch in1926 which we know as
the Osyter. In 1931 they gave us the first perpetual self winding watch
in 1931, first pressure proof watch in 1953, and the first helium
escape valve for deep sea diving in 1954. Post that period we see the
introduction of the first electronic watch by