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1916 New York Times Article Admits Wristwatches Here To Stay
Harrods early wrist watch comprising a pocket watch and additional leather strap. Source: vintage-watches-collection.comApparently, in the early 20th century, around 1910, the term “silly ass fad” was used – according to the New York Times – by comedians and pundits to refer to the then-so-called “strap watch,” which was all but a joke at the time in the view of some style experts. Many of them saw wrist watches as not being masculine or particularly serious items in comparison to pocket watches. By 1916, however, the tide had turned when it appeared that wrist watches were officially a thing that was not going to go away. As a relic of the time, this interesting and rare article published almost 100 years ago on January 16, 1916, by the New York Times remarks on the then apparently “changed status of the wrist watch” as it began to enter the mainstream. How did this happen? Well, it was really a combination of watch manufactures getting
HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 81
Would you guess? This one is also a funny episode on watches. Lots of them.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 81 here.