Share This Article Patek Philippe invented this in 1868. The self-winding watch The quartz-action watch The wristwatch The waterproof watch The wristwatch. Patek Philippe placed a small ladies watch on a bracelet and called it the "wristlet." Until 1904, when Louis Cartier developed a man’s wristwatch for the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, wristwatches were strictly for women.
