Pocket watches with a kilt?

[Daaaaang]

Beats me. Mine is quartz, and it is very nice.

[PaulX608]

Nothing wrong with a quartz watch per se, just not for me. I prefer mechanical watches. Quartz watches, to me, just seem like soulless devices devoid of character or personality. Like a Japanese car or an electric lawn mower. Perfectly good at their intended purpose, just lacking the charm and warmth of a finely tuned mechanical instrument.

[walkerk]

There once was a time when city transit buses ran on time and every driver wore an accurate pocket watch in a molded leather belt case. They folded up from the bottom and were snapped shut at the top with the crystal facing inwards, the stem pointing upwards to keep the most accurate time. Opening it down to the horizontal allowed the driver to easily read the dial. These seem to have all disappeared but surely one or more of our talented leather craftsmen could fabricate something similar.

[herminator]

A pouch for my watch, I carry it on my belt.

[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?

[McFarkus]

The only downside with keeping the watch in the sporran is I keep my car keys in there too, and they'd scratch up the case of a nice watch. If I ever get around to making myself a day sporran, I'm going to stitch a watch pocket into the top back inside.

Daaaaang, If you decide to get a Thorfinn, Turpin can easily add a compartment for the pocket watch in addition to a cell phone compartment.

[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.)