Pocket watches with a kilt?

[The Wizard of BC]

I have probably added ten pocket watch pockets to kilts. Some were under the apron, some were welted pockets between the side slash pocket and rear pocket, some were just under the waistband. It's not that hard to do. You just need to decide where the watch would be comfortable for you and then cut a hole in your kilt. Scary, but easily doable.

[Nick]

I have probably added ten pocket watch pockets to kilts. Some were under the apron, some were welted pockets between the side slash pocket and rear pocket, some were just under the waistband. It's not that hard to do. You just need to decide where the watch would be comfortable for you and then cut a hole in your kilt. Scary, but easily doable.

what about a pocket sewn to the inside of the outer apron at the top? Then with a fob or chain it could easily be pulled out, with no need to cut a hole in the kilt.

Is there something anti-kilt in a Quartz watch? If it gives accurate time, is it wrong?

I seem to be missing something here.

OK - I don't own one - I wear a Seiko ProDive Automatic that I got in 1971, it's been re-furbished once, new face, new band, buffed to a new gleam. I like it.

But really, what's wrong with a quartz watch?

Nothing wrong with them, the one I've got with me right now is quartz. But I prefer mechanical watches, and most of my pocket watches (whether they work or not) are mechanical. For me, there's something about them, probably the same thing that makes me prefer straight razors and fountain pens. :shrug:

[James MacMillan]

Nothing wrong with them, the one I've got with me right now is quartz. But I prefer mechanical watches, and most of my pocket watches (whether they work or not) are mechanical. For me, there's something about them, probably the same thing that makes me prefer straight razors and fountain pens. :shrug:

I understand that - now. I guess I just didn't know what a quartz watch really was. Somehow, I thought it was more accurate?

[Daaaaang]

straight razors and fountain pens.

HIGH FIVE!

Yeah, I thought people meant quartz instead of digital, and I was about to be very sad. I'll get a mechanical watch someday.

[fluter]

soulless devices devoid of character or personality. Like a Japanese car

Something tells me you've never met a Toyota 2000GT; and no wonder, there were perhaps 60 in North America...

For me, there's something about them, probably the same thing that makes me prefer straight razors and fountain pens. :shrug:

"Razor" What's that?

[James MacMillan]

Something tells me you've never met a Toyota 2000GT; and no wonder, there were perhaps 60 in North America...



"Razor" What's that?

Had to google the 2000GT - Looks pretty radical!

You got one?

Oh, and ditto on the razor - don't own one anymore. (no, not true, I still have my GrandFather's straight razor.)

[PaulX608]

Something tells me you've never met a Toyota 2000GT; and no wonder, there were perhaps 60 in North America...

I meant the new ones. I had a '74 Corona that had plenty of character, as well as a warped cylinder head, lol. Obviously, there are exceptions. The point was made I think. I guess, to me, there is something special about mechanical timepieces. All the wheels and gears and springs working in harmony right on your wrist or in your pocket. They have a certain warmth and charm. And, for my money, that just can't be replicated by apllying battery voltage to a quartz crystal and causing it to oscillate.

BTW, I also use a fountain pen daily. And while I don't use a straight razor, I do use an antique Gillette

[walkerk]

OK - Back on topic: Have a look near the bottom of this page: http://www.transquip.net/railroaduni...rmaccessories/ Who knew they still make stuff like this? And tossing your watch inside your sporran along with everything else - not such a good idea.

Off topic again: Paul, I use a Merkur slant bar with a badger brush and those really cheap soap cakes that come stacked in a cardboard tube.

[auld argonian]

Guys, looks like it's turning into a contest to see who is more retro...

Really...I just jam a stick in the ground and look at where the shadow falls and I use two halves of a razor clam shell to puck my whiskers out one at a time.

Seriously, I just use a Thirty dollar Timex wrist watch that's one of the ones that's called an "E+Z Reader"...that means BIG NUMBERS and hands so that my middle aged eyes can actually see what time it is. When it's little quartz heart stops, I replace the battery and if that doesn't work, I throw it out and buy a new one. I've been down this road of trying to keep some kind of antique device in good working trim and it's been expensive and frustrating and finding an honest repairman is damn near impossible and, frankly, not worth the time and trouble. If it's reasonably accurate and readable it's a go.

I have several pocket watches and I wear them only as fashion accessories with a chain when I wear a vest. A couple of them are mechanical and a couple are battery driven and if there's some kind of abstract difference, I can't detect it. Unlike my father, I'm not dropping bombs from a B-17 so I can get away with knowing about what time it is rather than precisely what time it is.

And I shave with one of those disposable Schick things with a lot of blades in it and use gel out of a can to keep my delicate red head's facial skin intact while I'm scraping it clean. And, like it was with the watches, I've been through the whole retro shaving trip and in the end it was, for me, too much fussiness, time and trouble for an unsatisfactory result. I just want to shave and get the hell out of the bathroom...if I feel the need for a ritual, I'll find a church to go to.

As they say on the internet, "your mileage may vary", and you're welcome to tell time and shave however you want but I personally can't spare the time, money and energy to indulge myself in the whole retro trip anymore.

Best

AA

[kiltedsawyer]

Okay, okay,.........enough of the retro rabble babble, let's get back to the point............what about the two women taking McMurdo's pants off?!!!