Pocketwatches

[Bryan]

I'll post a photo when I get them back after the first of the year.

Oooooo I'd love to see them!

[JimB]

I have worn nothing but a pocket watch for about the last year (edit: that didn't come out quite right) :-) Mine comes with just a garment clip too which makes it easy to clip onto my pants just under my belt and it works fine for when I'm trousered.
I have a large number of vests because I love the way it looks. I made my own Double Albert from chain, some jewelry parts and a nice ruby red stone all gotten rather cheaply from the hobby store. It took almost no time to put together. One end of the Double Albert has my watch and the other end has an English 2 shilling piece that I brought back from a prior trip. The whole rig is help up by a t-bar through one of the vest buttons.
It looks great and it probably cost me no more than $10 to put it together.
(and I know I'm getting another watch for Christmas!!!)

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I have worn nothing but a pocket watch for about the last year (edit: that didn't come out quite right) :-) Mine comes with just a garment clip too which makes it easy to clip onto my pants just under my belt and it works fine for when I'm trousered.
I have a large number of vests because I love the way it looks. I made my own Double Albert from chain, some jewelry parts and a nice ruby red stone all gotten rather cheaply from the hobby store. It took almost no time to put together. One end of the Double Albert has my watch and the other end has an English 2 shilling piece that I brought back from a prior trip. The whole rig is help up by a t-bar through one of the vest buttons.
It looks great and it probably cost me no more than $10 to put it together.
(and I know I'm getting another watch for Christmas!!!)

Like Bryan said-- let's see a photo!

[graham_s]

I wear a pocket watch regularly.
I wear it with my PC vest with the t bar inserted in the buttonhole in line with the top of the pocket so the chain drapes easily.
My other pocket watch I wear with my casual outfit. It has a clip that goes onto the top of the kilt. the watch is slipped into a small pocket I had sewn into the back of the apron specifically for this purpose.

[celtic cowboy]

I have loved reading this thread. I have gining hints for some time now about wanting a pocket watch, hope to have one soon. Best to all.

[kevinkinney]

Howdy,

Here's my take:

Watch on the left, silver pocket knife on the right:



Cheers,

Kevin.

[Cynthia]

This thread REALLY makes me want to haul out my hubby's pocketwatch and look into fixing it for him. I can't remember whose it was, but it was a family member's (grandfather?). It hasn't worked in a while, but I would soooo love for him to get it fixed and wear it at least occasionally

[Bugbear]

This thread REALLY makes me want to haul out my hubby's pocketwatch and look into fixing it for him. I can't remember whose it was, but it was a family member's (grandfather?). It hasn't worked in a while, but I would soooo love for him to get it fixed and wear it at least occasionally

Go for it. A lot of times they just need a cleaning and they run fine.

[Nick]

This is how I wear mine when waistcoated:



(This was going to see Hamlet with Patrick Stewart in London. I don't have a nice jacket to wear with my kilt, hence the 3-piece suit.)

I like to wear a double albert with only a small amount of drape. I keep the watch on my dominant side at all times, whether it's in a waistcoat, trousers, or a pocketed kilt. In my tank it doesn't matter as it's in the sporran.

[Rogerson785]

You can either wear it with the chain on the same side as the watch is on or drape it over to the opposite side; I don’t think that there are any hard and fast rules for the proper wear of a pocket watch. It is your watch do what you want.