Who invented the watch and why? For the emergence of the watch we have to go several hundred years back in time. Back to the 15th century which began the history of the watch.
Explorers needed the time to navigate at sea. The latitude could already be accurately determined on the basis of the stars, but for the longitude the local time was needed. If the clock was one minute wrong, that was already a deviation of 28 km in the tropics. So the origin of the watch stemmed from the need for a precise navigation tool.
The history
