The slideshow unveils the history of watches to the types up to the care and maintenance. The top most brands in India and world wide are listed along with the did you fact on Rolex.

1. WATCHES
Content prepared and presented by
DR. S. AISHWARIYA
Assistant professor,
Department of Textilesand Clothing
Avinashilingam university for women

2. Introduction
•Watch isan old English word “woecce”, meaning watchman
Sincewatchman usewatch to seetimeand changeshifts.
•Watch : Timetimepiece– either worn or carried by person
•From history seeing thesun and moon timewascalculated.
• Then sand clock had amajor
role.
• Then camethewatcheswhich
still ruletheworld asamajor
fashion accessory

3. Early wrist watch by Waltham,
worn by soldiersin World War I
15th
Century watch

4. • Two basic types
•Wrist watch for wrist and
pocket watch for carrying in
pocket
• 1960 – electronic watcheswere
invented
• 1980 – quartz wasovertook by
mechanical watch
• Today watch areavailableas
inexpensiveonesaswell asthe
most luxuriouspossession one
can own.
•It will stand asan
expensive, high
craftmanship, luxury,
aesthetic appeal and
glamour

5. •Themoon-phasedisplay, number
of stepstaken, date, timeand
year aresomeof thefunctions
that awatch can do.
•Timers, chronograph (stop watch
inside normal watch), alarm,
blue tooth, GPS, compass,
calculator and radio clock are
other options that will be seen in
somenew generation watches.

6.  2010 – evolved with smart watches – resemble -
computerson wrist
How to weara watch
 Likewedding ring on left hand., watcheshasno rulesasto
which hand. Men and women wear in right or left hand.
 Most peopleareright hand and during work heavy
jewellery on right hand will weigh them down (feel
heavy), hence watch is worn in left hand
 Variety : Big banglesto petiteclassics, bandsof rosegold,
leather or neon plastic, squarefacesto ovalsto great big
circleswith multiplegadgetsand functions

7. • Fashion: Modern day hit look is given by wearing watch with
bracelets
• Timeand itsmanagement through watcheshavebeen avery
disciplinary form among humans

8. Anatomy of watch

11. TYPES OFWATCH
1. By movement
2. By style
3. By class
4. By display

12. Types of watches - by movement
1. Quartz
2. Mechanical
3. Automatic
4. Kinetic
5. Solar

13. Quartz – (battery)
 Battery powered no screwing
needed
 Themost common typeof
movement.
 It requiresbattery changeif it
runsout of power
 Most accurateand consistent

14. Mechanical (winding thecrown)
•No battery operated
•Usemechanical parts
•Two kindsof mechanical
movement : Manual and
automatic.
•Manual movement gainspower by
having thecrown being wounded.

15. Automatic (gain powerby movement of
wearer)
•Mechanical movement that gains
power through themotion of the
wearer
•Someautomatic watchesalso
featurethetraditional manual
style of gaining power
through winding the crown
called “manual wind”

16. Kinetic (use battery and wearers
motion)
•Quartz movement that
can gain power through
themotion of thewearer.
•Unlike automatic,
kinetic is still quartz, so
it usesbattery.

17. Solar
•Quartz
movement that
can gain power
through solar
energy.

18. Types of watches - By Style
1. Dive watch
2. Pilot watch
3. Field watch
4. Dress watch
5. Moon watch
6. Chronograph

19. 1. Dive watch
 Watches that are meant to survive
underwater - seconds under water is
important
 Screws will be provided that will help in
better protection in water (lock/unlock)
 A rubber gasket will be provided inside
thewatch to improvewater resistant
 Famous among youngsters – protection
against water, dust and pressure

20. 2. Pilot watch
 These are commonly seen in aviation
pilot, glidersand sky divers
 In case of emergency it should be easy
to read thetimequickly
 These are usually large in size and
readablein low light conditions

21. 3. Field watch
 It will be in military/army style –
timeisan important factor
 The hands in the dial are usually
thick to enable quick reading of
time.
 Rugged look

22. 4. Dress watch
 Simple, elegant and good for formal
occasions
 This should simple and thin to hide beneath
thesleeveof shirt

23. 5. Moon /moon –phase watch
 To wear in moon
 It will display the different
phasesof moon

24. 6. Chronograph watch
 Traditionally there are two
buttons surrounding the main
crown; one for reset and the
other onefor start and stop.
 Chronographs will be seen in
field, pilot and moon watches

25. Types of watches - by display
1. Analog
2. Digital
3. Analog and Digital

26. Analog
 Traditional display style
 It has hour and minute
hand, mostly seconds
handsarealso seen.

27. Digital
 LCD screen is used to
display
 Can be found only in
quartz and it requires
battery electrical power

28. Analog and digital
 Combines digital and
analog
 It needs LCD screen
requirespower

29. Types of watches - By Class
1.Entry (starting range)
2.Mid(medium priced)
3.Luxury (not affordable by many)

30. OtherMiscellaneous types of watches

31. Smart watch
•Smartphone features.
•Thesecan measureyour
pulse, provide training,
play music, give alerts
and perform awidevariety
of other actions.

32. Smart watch

35. Skeleton/mechanical
watch A rotor keeps winding the watch by the force of
gravity as and when the wearer wears the
watch.

36. Wrist watch
 Popular style
 Cuff type– back open

37. Pocket watch
 Original – must wind daily
 Today – classand self wind isavailable

38. Racing watch
 Colourful and flashy
 A chronograph and a
tachymeteraremust
 Former for stopwatch
function
 Later for time and
distance calculation
(speed per hour)

39. Luxury watch
 precious
gemstones and
other expensive
materials.

40. 24 carat gold watch
watch

41. Diamond watch
 Women particularly use these as a piece of
jewellery as these are studded with diamonds
and usually are very expensive

42. Clip watch
 Multifunctional tool that you can cling it with
your backpack or your jeans.
 Perfect for outdoor
 Sometimes micro lights and torches are also
clung along with awatch

43. Sports watch

Orange and pink watch
Othervariations include dual tone watch, swiss watch etc.

44. Top best
selling
brands in
India
1. Titan – Tatagroup (Tanishq & Titan)
2. Fast track –fastest growing brand
3. Swatch
4. Omega– can work in zero gravity -moon
5. Citizen
6. Sonata
7. Maxima
8. Rolex – most luxurious/ dream watch for many
9. Casio
10.Swatch

45. Top 10 world class
watch brand
10. Casio
10. Tag Heuer

46. 8. Seiko
7. Timex

47. 6. Citizen
5. Titan

48. 3. Oakley
4. Patek Philippe

49. Top 10 world class
watch brand
1. Rolex
2. Omega

50. Care and maintenance

51. Care and maintenance
 Don’t store in box –
ventilation needed
 Avoid dropping as
shock can affect this
instrument
 Try not to wear the
band too tight

52. Do not store in heat
condition it may stop working
Keep watch dry – sweat
affect the watch
Avoid to place watch near
electrical equipment's as
magnets in it will affect the
watch

53. Care and maintenance
 Avoid to place watch near
electrical equipment's as
magnets in it will affect the
watch (loudspeakers,
refrigerator door magnets,
electric mixers, blenders,
headphones and other
electrical equipment)

54. Leather strap should
be worn loose in
summer as it may absorb
sweat
Avoid drying watch in
direct sunlight – color
fade.
Chemicals like
mercury may

55. Care and maintenance
 Use tooth brush, water and soap to clean the
metal
 Damp cloth is enough to clean the mirror of
watch
 Don’t expose to water if it is not resistant to
water

56. Did you know?
Rolex watch
(Origin in London-madein swiss)
• Rolex – can work abovetheearth and below under thesea
• Got very expensivein 1980’sonly
• Useshigh and best quality of nickel and chromium
• Pressuretest isdoneafter it madeto check if it isgood for usein water
• Thereisno sound in thehandsmovement, but it just sweepsthrough
thedial.
• Rolex isstill hand made
• Maximum priced: $1.1.million

57. Rolex watch for Mount Everest or Under the
sea– worksperfect without leaving asecond
• Sir Edmund Hillary (British) reached thetop of Mount Everest for thefirst
timein 1953.
• Despitetheharsh conditionsand high altitudetheRolex watchesbeing worn
by all theteam never brokedown or even lost asecond.
• In 1960, theU.S. Navy sent aspecially
designed research submarinedown to 35,798
feet below sealevel.
• Out of curiosity aRolex wasattached to the
outsideof thevessel and shockingly it still ran
without loosing asecond despiteenduring
extremepressures

58. Time up!