EPISODE · Jun 26, 2026 · 5 MIN
The Forgotten Inventor of the Automatic Wristwatch
from Times Ticking Watch Talk · host Times Ticking
Long before Rolex made the self-winding watch famous, an English repairer named John Harwood solved a problem born in the trenches of World War I, creating a crownless watch that could wind itself through motion alone. This is the forgotten story of the invention that reshaped modern timekeeping.
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