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Although wristwatches were first made for women, they've been made in a variety of styles and materials for men since World War I and have been one of the most (if not the most) popular fashion accessory among men for decades.
During World War I, Cartier introduced a watch that began to make wristwatches for men commonplace. Tired of using pocket watches, pilot Santos Dumont wanted an easier-to-use wristwatch, so he contacted Cartier and the Santos wristwatch was born. Shortly after its inception, the Santos became available for general sale. Since then, just about every wristwatch manufacturer has made watches for men, from Omega to Patek Philippe to Rolex.
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I got interested in pocket watches from working on mechanical things. I had an old car, and working on it gave me i… [more]

I started with pocket watches as a child, watching old movies on television, watching the cowboys occasionally pull… [more]

I grew up outside of Philadelphia. I didn’t have any particular interest in clocks or watches as a kid; that came a… [more]

Steve Waddington’s vintage Omega watch site, featuring in-depth pages on models like Omega’s Pilot Line, Chrono… [read review or visit site]

Jeffrey Stein's great reference site on Heuer chronographs and dashboard timepieces. This site offers everything yo… [read review or visit site]

Paul Schliesser's elegant site offers a comprehensive history of the Gruen Watch Company of Ohio. The easy-to-navig… [read review or visit site]

Rob Berkavicius' labor of love for Accutrons and Accutron technical information contains extraordinarily detailed d… [read review or visit site]

This website, from the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, gives visitors a satisfying glimpse into the world of watch… [read review or visit site]

This virtual museum, created by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, lets you stroll through tim… [read review or visit site]

This gallery of hundreds of LCD and calculator watches from the 1980s includes nerd-friendly brands like Casio, Sei… [read review or visit site]
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