I heard that the radio-controlled watch was invented by the University of Electro-Communications in Japan, and Citizen was the first in the world to make one 30 years ago.
Even in the postwar Showa period, wristwatches had to turn a screw for a while in order to run.
You had to turn it every day to make it work.
That was a surprise when the automatic screw-wound wristwatch was invented, in which the screw turns just by waving your arm.
I just wear it and it works all the time!
But it would go a little out of tune, so it was easy to fine-tune it by turning another screw.
The radio-controlled watch, however, does not go off by a second, even after all these years.
And when radio-controlled solar-powered watches come out, you don't even have to put batteries in them.
Just wear it all the time or let it soak up a little sun and it will keep running.
This is an amazing invention, even after all this time!
And as they became mass-produced, they became cheaper and cheaper, and are now available at 100 yen stores.
However, people have 100% forgotten how much they appreciate this great invention.
When it becomes inexpensive and available in large quantities, it becomes the norm for any object.
Even if it ticks precisely without missing a second of time until you die.
I feel uncomfortable unless I wear my wristwatch on my left arm.
However, today's young people don't wear wristwatches anymore.
Wearing a wristwatch itself seems to be "tacky.
Even if they don't wear a wristwatch, they can tell the time on their cell phones.
Even if they don't look at their cell phones, there are plenty of watches on the streets,
We don't need to carry anything to know the time.
So, watches have become jewelry.
People are now bragging about their luxury wristwatches that cost millions of yen.
It is just like women boasting of their expensive bracelets and necklaces.
It's completely up to the individual, but I don't understand the obsession people have with luxury watches and how they value them.
They are just like people who drive Ferraris and Mercedes Benzes that cost tens of millions of yen.
Even if you drive a car that can do 200 km/h, you will be caught for speeding in Japan.
I think a 1,000-yen radio-controlled wristwatch is more than enough for me.
I wear it on my left hand today to thank for the progress of civilization.
And I will never forget my gratitude for the invention of the radio-controlled watch.