When we look at the smart watch today, we see so many features crammed in. The humble digital watch evolved over a long time to incorporate all these elements, and this video will give you an idea of the history behind its evolution. Digital watches are one of the best examples I know of different technologies being combined together in an almost infinite variety of ways. This got me thinking of the advancement of technology as typified in the civilisation 2 tech tree which I’ve used as a theme for the video.

We will track the history of digital watch display, accuracy mechanisms (e.g. radio control , GPS ) , computation (calculators, memory, wrist computers etc) , power generation (battery power and solar digital watches) , sensors and entertainment. There is broad coverage of brands, including Casio, Seiko, Timex, Citizen, Orient, Ricoh, Sanyo, Omega, Junghans and more.

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Key sections:

Digital watch display 0:56
Activity and sports 7:37
Accuracy (radio control, GPS) 12:03
Computation (calculator , memory , wrist computers) 14:37
Power (battery , solar) 19:17
Creative design 21:22
Sensors (temperature , pressure , compass ) 23:29
Sound and entertainment (alarm, radio, gaming, tv, camera) 28:26
Conclusions 30:54