@Lee once upon a time, a wizard created watches on the wrist for the ladies, then evil pilots said "hey! we need those too!" So the wizard's friends started making these watches for pilots, and men, because more men were pilots then. And now, it became a man's thing... at least according to IWC.
The version of the story I heard is that prior to WWI, wristwatches were considered a feminine accessory. Men carried pocketwatches, but those were unwieldy, so american doughboys adopted wristwatches for field use.
You know, I think the Netflix Carmen would have been better if they had done good flashbacks. Carmen was a teen right? Why not do flashbacks of when Carmen and Chase were partners and working together? Or when Chase was chasing Carmen? Or more about when Carmen quit?