| Show TIME TIME-LY FACTS What once had one hand then two then three and now none at all Clocks and watches that's what The earliest clocks did little more than sound an alarm that advised a Monastery Monastery Mon Mon- astery ringer to sound the hours from the tow tower r bells Early in the striking clocks accurate to within two tutu hours per day began to appear in larger cities Domestic Domestic Domestic Do Do- clocks came late in that century The best of these had improved the accuracy accuracy ac ac- ac curacy to within five to ten minutes per day I The first watch watch watch-in in a cylindrical shape was shape was believed believed believed be be- to have been made in 1510 It wasn't until 1675 that h had d progressed progressed pro pro- gressed to the point wh where re another hand was was was' added t to measure minutes s. s The third hand for seconds came later Whatever their number of hands hand watches were were handmade until handmade until 1850 when a Boston watchmaker got the idea of producing mass parts For many years the United States was thew the w worlds world's watch watch producing producing headquarters The first wristwatches were introduced about a century ago in Europe exclusively exclusively ex ex- ex for women But the trenches of World War I Imade Imade Imade made the thep pocket p watch im impractical impractical impractical im- im practical and the wristwatch became popular for Cor men In 1957 1057 occurred a major innovation in The electric watch based ona on ona ona a operated battery-operated balance wheel Winding went out In 1970 Sears a firm that's been selling watches since 1886 introduced the Sears Tradition electronic watch with Swiss movement and a high standard of ac ac- ac curacy That year the quartz crystal was also introduced A crystal rod vibrates thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of oC times per second for Cor just about the ultimate in accuracy Today after aeter almost years of oC the handy instrument is handless handless handless hand- hand less again Watches now have digital faces Caces The ones from Crom Sears the company that knows watches as aswell well as electronics are run on solid state circuitry with no moving parts And no moving moving moving ing parts means theres there's less need for servicing What's more the best best- solid state digital watches sold by Sears carry a warranty to be accurate accurate accurate ac ac- ac- ac curate to within three minutes minutes minutes min min- utes a year for a period of oC three years from Crom date of purchase With watches like that you may have time on your hands but you wont won't have hands on your time |
