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Watch is a small timepiece, typically worn
either on the wrist or attached on a chain
and carried in a pocket, with wristwatches
being the most common type of watch used
today. They evolved in the 17th century from
spring powered clocks, which appeared in the
15th century. The first watches were
strictly mechanical.
Before wristwatches became popular in the
1920s, most watches were pocket watches,
which often had covers and were carried in a
pocket and attached to a watch chain or
watch fob. In early 1900s, the wristwatch,
originally called a Wristlet, was reserved
for women and considered more of a passing
fad than a serious timepiece. Real
gentlemen, who carried pocket watches, were
actually quoted as saying they would "sooner
wear a skirt as wear a wristwatch".This all
changed in World War I when soldiers on the
battlefield found using a pocket watch to be
impractical, so they attached the pocket
watch to their wrist by a cupped leather
strap. It is also believed that Girard-Perregaux
equipped the German Imperial Navy in a
similar fashion as early as the 1880s, which
were used while synchronizing naval attacks
and firing artillery.
MalioStraps in classic straps
Consider Straps as a fashion complements
without losing essences of military look.
For those who seek for Luxury, Simplicity,
elegant, Sophisticated, and casual in one
package.
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