Our watch's triple face, with its distinctive orbiting circle design and multiple textures, is adapted from an elegant Swiss pocket watch made about 1820, now in the Museum's collection. Gold over stainless steel, with stainless steel back. Black calf-leather band with simulated alligator texture. Quartz movement. Case: 1 1/2''L. Band: adjusts from 7 1/8'' to 8 3/4''. Water resistant case.
- Stainless steel case
- Black calf-leather band with simulated alligator texture
- Quartz movement
- Band: adjusts from 7 1/8'' to 8 3/4'', Case: 1 1/2''L
- Water resistant case
The first watches-then more like portable clocks-began to appear in the late Fifteenth or early Sixteenth Century, after the invention of the spring-driven (rather than weight-driven) timekeeping device. In the second half of the Eighteenth Century in Europe, fashions in pocket watches changed dramatically toward a slimmer, less ornamented and more elegant style.