How do you wear pocket watches?
I was just scrolling WC when I came across a post of a pocket watchand I just thought: How do you do you wear one of those?
When wearing a pocket watch do you also wear a wrist watch or just the pocket watch?
And do you own a pocket watch?
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I'll write about all the ways one can carry a pocket watch later, but I can't do the belt and suspender redundancy thing, even when using that dollar pocket watch which is all but guaranteed to stop midday.
I’ve got one but only worn it three times for weddings when wearing a kilt. And when I had it I didn’t wear another watch. I can’t imagine having it in regular rotation, but I like having it.
I own a pocket watch but don't wear it at all. It's on my display shelf with books on watches. I value them for the looks and history but much prefer wristwatches in comparison.
I’d wear it tucked into the breast pocket of my velvet smoking jacket whilst enjoying a pipe and good book by the fireplace, my good chap. 🧐
To appropriately answer this question, you must ask yourself are you a belt AND suspenders type of person?
Or do you use your tools as intended, to do their job?
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I'll write about all the ways one can carry a pocket watch later, but I can't do the belt and suspender redundancy thing, even when using that dollar pocket watch which is all but guaranteed to stop midday.
Way(s)? You say.....await the post.
I only have four.....(a pocket is a pocket, whether it be pants or vest).🫠🫣😅
When I wear my Opa’s Pocket Watch I usually loop the chain around my belt and pocket the watch. Or swing it around lol.
I’d wear it tucked into the breast pocket of my velvet smoking jacket whilst enjoying a pipe and good book by the fireplace, my good chap. 🧐
Ooh, ooh, does the chain go through the lapel button hole? I am very fond of this as it actually shows the chain a bit, looks a bit mysterious and formal, and you can easily get at the watch while seated.
For @solidyetti, yes, outside of some odd carry case, it's all variations on which pocket and where the chain is secured. Waistcoat vest pocket, chain through buttonhole is typical. There's that double-Albert stuff if you have a winding key or knife or other doodad, but that's more advanced than I get. Trouser front pocket or dedicated watch pocket, chain to belt or belt loop. It's not exactly rocket science.
Chain length is worth noting. There seems to be two extremes of thought. One is that you should be able to hold the watch up to your nose and that the chain should be at least a foot and a half long. I subscribe to the minimal opposite, that as long as the watch can be read at the hip or whatever, that's all the chain you need, which can be under a foot. I don't like dangling chains. Some people do.
FWIW, Robert Farago of TheTruthAboutWatches.com would regularly wear his AppleWatch on right wrist, some analog watch on left wrist, and carry one of his lovely vintage railroad pocket watches because collector. I just cannot.
Ooh, ooh, does the chain go through the lapel button hole? I am very fond of this as it actually shows the chain a bit, looks a bit mysterious and formal, and you can easily get at the watch while seated.
For @solidyetti, yes, outside of some odd carry case, it's all variations on which pocket and where the chain is secured. Waistcoat vest pocket, chain through buttonhole is typical. There's that double-Albert stuff if you have a winding key or knife or other doodad, but that's more advanced than I get. Trouser front pocket or dedicated watch pocket, chain to belt or belt loop. It's not exactly rocket science.
Chain length is worth noting. There seems to be two extremes of thought. One is that you should be able to hold the watch up to your nose and that the chain should be at least a foot and a half long. I subscribe to the minimal opposite, that as long as the watch can be read at the hip or whatever, that's all the chain you need, which can be under a foot. I don't like dangling chains. Some people do.
FWIW, Robert Farago of TheTruthAboutWatches.com would regularly wear his AppleWatch on right wrist, some analog watch on left wrist, and carry one of his lovely vintage railroad pocket watches because collector. I just cannot.
Absolutely… a gentlemen must never sacrifice fashion or utility, especially when it pertains to his timepieces.
I wear my pocket watch. This Molnija is a conversion, given to me by my lovely wife. ❤
Ooh, ooh, does the chain go through the lapel button hole? I am very fond of this as it actually shows the chain a bit, looks a bit mysterious and formal, and you can easily get at the watch while seated.
For @solidyetti, yes, outside of some odd carry case, it's all variations on which pocket and where the chain is secured. Waistcoat vest pocket, chain through buttonhole is typical. There's that double-Albert stuff if you have a winding key or knife or other doodad, but that's more advanced than I get. Trouser front pocket or dedicated watch pocket, chain to belt or belt loop. It's not exactly rocket science.
Chain length is worth noting. There seems to be two extremes of thought. One is that you should be able to hold the watch up to your nose and that the chain should be at least a foot and a half long. I subscribe to the minimal opposite, that as long as the watch can be read at the hip or whatever, that's all the chain you need, which can be under a foot. I don't like dangling chains. Some people do.
FWIW, Robert Farago of TheTruthAboutWatches.com would regularly wear his AppleWatch on right wrist, some analog watch on left wrist, and carry one of his lovely vintage railroad pocket watches because collector. I just cannot.
Lol I was going with:
1. Pocket mount of various type (watch counterbalance/fob a gentleman's silver folder)
2. Necklace mount?
3. Belt holster thingy, I don't know the name but see it on older ramcher-type gents on dressy occasions.
2. Wrist mounted.
I once walked around school with a travel alarm clock in my blazer pocket with the alarm set to go off repeatedly in class throughout the day. That's the closest I've been to a pocket watch.
If I owned one, I would wear it on its own (I'd probably be cosplaying Atticus Finch or a burlesque of myself) because it's its own thing. It's like walking around with a phone and a tablet when both of them are yours and used for the same purpose.
I have one pocket watch in my collection, which I have never worn. It is an early 1930s Rolex.
Don't own any, would not wear them ever. I see no point in wearing them in modern times. To me they are just a relic of the past.
I wear my pocket watches on my wrist...
I have a PE teacher friend who wears a wrist watch and a pocket chronograph hanging on his neck. The pocket chronograph is issued by the school(probably 40 to 50 years old and handed over from the previous PE teacher) and if I remembered right, is a really old Heuer chronograph. Looks nice, though......
Just gonna leave this here.....🫣😎
And yes those are regular shoulderless spring bars. 22mm. 🤘🏻🤙🏻😎
You wear it - of course - in your waistcoat pocket. And if all your suits are not three-piece, and thus do not have waistcoats, then you are not enough of a gentleman to wear one my good fellow!
Idk how to even where them now a days unless maybe if I’m at a wedding and put it in my suit somewhere. Well I guess that’s what google is for lol. I only have one that was given to me to be a grooms man but I never was able to go to that wedding due to Covid 😞