On the occasion of this weekend's turning back the clocks one hour, here are a few things you might not have known about Daylight Saving Time, courtesy of Tourneau:
1. Benjamin Franklin first conceived the idea of daylight saving in a 1784 essay, "An Economical Project," but few people took it seriously at the time.
2. Never turn a watch back between 9pm. and 3am. The watch gears are engaged to change the calendar during those six hours and changing the time can easily cause breakage.
3. There is no federal law regarding Daylight Saving Time. In fact, Hawaii, Arizona, and the Eastern Time Zone portion of Indiana do not observe Daylight Saving Time.
4. The proper name is "Daylight Saving Time" is singular, not "Daylight Savings Time," as many people mistakenly refer to it.
5. The resetting of a watch should never be done on the wrist. Always take the watch off so as not to break the stem where the watch's crown & bezel connect.
6. A U.S. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration found that crime has consistently dropped during DST by 10 percent to 13 percent.
7. Daylight Saving Time was first used in many European countries during World War I in an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. The plan was not used in the U.S. until 1918.
8. According to the Journal of Applied Psychology, workplace accidents are both more common and more severe on the Monday following Daylight Saving Time.
9. Daylight Saving Time is also a good time to bring your watch in to a watch shop like Tourneau to have it demagnetized. With all of the technology around us, a magnetic field can throw off a watch's timekeeping – causing a watch to run fast.
10. The Journal of Applied Psychology in 2012 also found that "cyberloafing" significantly increased in more than 200 U.S. regions on the Monday following Daylight Saving Time. "Cyberloafing" is a term for surfing the Internet during work hours.
11. Only a quarter of the world's population observes Daylight Saving Time.
Tourneau, the world's largest retailer of luxury watches, offers complimentary time resets and five-point watch check-ups.