Compared to most other consumer industries, the luxury watch industry evolves at an extremely slow pace. Take the mechanical watch, for example. Aside from constant technological improvements and changing tastes, the luxury replica watches we wear have barely changed in decades. But when did this start? The “standard” modern mechanical watch as we know it (i.e. automatic movement, date display, and at least splash resistance) appeared in the 1950s. It’s a representative example, marking a transitional decade. This decade saw …