Ladies and gents watches have been around for four centuries. The first appeared as soon as clock-making technology allowed the construction of timepieces small enough to be worn – in fact, they became quite popular a little before the technology was entirely ready. Early watches were pretty bad at keeping time. The small size required for wearable watches wasn’t the biggest problem. Constant movement created greater difficulties for clockmakers, just as they did when artisans tried to make accurate clocks for keeping track of time at sea.

We know that the first watches (and these were gents watches intended to go in a pocket or be worn around the neck, not on a wrist) performed very poorly. Most probably lost hours of time in a normal day, despite needing to be wound up twice in that period. Any timepiece this inaccurate could only have been worn for decorative purposes, so it seems that watches have always been worn for style reasons.

Gone are the days of enormous, heavy casings and constant rewinding. The ROX range of gentlemens and ladies watches are sleek, beautifully engineered, and in the very best styles. You can expect the finest of them to stay accurate to within a few seconds per month. Some are battery powered, some are exquisitely designed to power themselves with nothing more than your movement as you go about your day.

Today’s watches are a far cry from the cumbersome and inaccurate pocket-clocks of centuries past, but they are still a powerful statement of personal fashion and taste.