The First Wristwatch
We will never know who really wrested the first wristwatch.
The tradition wants that it is Alberto Santos-Dumont, a rich Brazilian a href= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos-Dumont>Wikipedia about Alberto Santos-Dumont. Its passion: to exceed a flight of 100 meters.
With his Lady / Sa Demoiselle ) He takes her for a sprint on the 12 of November 1907. She lands a further 220 meters, after 21.2 seconds of flight.
This wristwatch was conceived by his friend Louis Cartier, but, Cartier has not kept any documents to support this claim.
The other First Wristwatch
Even if it resembles a pocket-watch fitted on a leather bracelet, we can find that in the Omega Museum what is perhaps the first wristwatch in history, at least one for which a specimen was preserved
Omega First Wristwatch 1882. With its classic and traditional winding crown at 12 oclock, it goes back to 1892 and even more it is the first repetition wristwatch (the hours, the fifteen minutes and the minutes sounding like a clock). Other serious competitors but with no trace: Girard-Perregaux, who would have manufactured in 1880 a series of wristwatches for the German imperial navy and Longines would have followed since 1890
If any of you guys have any other INFORMATION and or PHOTOS, please share it with us.
Yves Odier.
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