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One of the first watches was made by Peter Henlein, a locksmith in Nürnberg, Germany. The escapement used in the early watches was the same as that used in the early clocks. Early watches were made notably in Germany and at Blois in France
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Robert Hooke designed a watch with a balance spring in the late 1650s.
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The implement of Jewels onto watches started in London.
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The first patent on the self-winding pocket watch was made in London in 1780.
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The Rolex company was founded, a luxury watch company
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The Electric watch was a more accurate watch, moving extremely fine.
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The first Quartz Watch was available on Christmas Day, for $1,250
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The first digital watch was made my Hamilton Watch company, called the Pulsar
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Apple released the first Apple Watch in September 2015. Over 100 million have been sold now.
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I think in the future there will be watches like an apple watch that can fold from a watch to an Iphone