Answering to the question “Who created the first wrist watch” is not easy at all!

Carolina Murat, queen of Naples and sister of Napoleon ordered to Abraham-Louis Breguet on 1810 a wristwatch with minute repeater, delivered on 1812. Only the order on the original Breguet’s book is, unfortunately, proof of this production…

Patek Philippe made on 1868 a gold wristwatch for lady, sold on November 13, 1876 to the Hungarian Countess Koscowicz. It is the most ancient watch from modern conception nowadays existing…

Girard-Perregaux on 1880 was in charge of the supply of wristwatches for the German Navy. A round-shaped watch with a chain bracelet is considered to be the first industrially made wristwatch….

Louis Cartier developed in 1904 the first wristwatch for man, answering to the request of the aviator Santos-Dumont, who needed an easier way to check the hour than the pocket watch…