The ancient people lived a simple life and had nothing to do except eat, fish, hunt and make tools, so they worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, so there was no need to fight for time. Then when human beings live in groups and have transactions, it is just' Japan and China are the market, and transactions retreat'. Later, personnel became more and more complicated, especially after the rise of agriculture, and human beings gradually realized the importance of time. The concept of time varies with the degree of human civilization, from the early "immediate effect" to measuring time with a standard watch or sundial, to the invention of "missing engraving" which requires accurate time measurement, and to the invention of the water clock later, which drives the shaft or makes the gear run by increasing the weight of dripping water. It was not until the 11th century that the mechanical clock officially appeared. The mechanical clock used a heavy hammer instead of water as the power to drive the gears to run.

The legend of the invention of the watch is that the locksmith in Nuremberg (the industrial capital of northern Germany) made it as big as an egg in the16th century, so it was called "Nuremberg egg". Watch parts themselves contain power, and they are completely handmade, with the improvement of the system, so the styles of things made are different.

Swiss clocks and watches

Switzerland is called "the kingdom of clocks and watches". Its watch industry has ruled the world for two and a half centuries, and it still maintains the first position in the world.

Switzerland's watch industry originated in a small village between the valley and basin of the Gnome mountain range on the Franco-Swiss border with Geneva as the center. As early as the15th century, jewelers and goldsmiths in Geneva began to make watches. 160165438+1October 20th, the Geneva authorities formally approved the establishment of the world's first watch trade association. At that time, there were only about 300 watchmakers in Geneva, with an annual output of about 5,000 watches. By the middle of the18th century, a large number of watchmakers had gathered in Geneva. They often set up shops on the ground floor facing the street to attract customers and made and repaired watches in a quiet place on the top floor.