Pocket Watches.

[GMan]

here is a pic of most of my watches.. the watch pockets work great with a kilt.

What an excellent collection. Even though I am not easily impressed, I am.

[Splash_4]

That is a NICE collection!

[Graham]

Nice collection, so how do you wear them with a kilt? In the sporran?

[filman]

in the pic you can see two holsters for the watches the black one is store bought the brown i made out of scrap leather.

i tried in the sporran but the chain got cought on stuff and on one of the watches that is not shown i crached the cristal

[Matthew Siegmann]

I thought I'd ask. Since most of us seem to like quality and old timey stuff.

I can not wear a wrist watch. I seem to sweat pure acid, and I generate weird electrical fields which cause any electrical timepiece I wear to become highly inaccurate and haywire.

So, I was thinking about a mechanical pocketwatch. You know, the kind you wind up. Been looking online, don't know what I should get. A lot of pocket watches don't even say if they are mechanical or not.

I'd like something I can clip on to my sporran ring and slip in to my sporran. Something nice, but plain. Well, I guess plain. Scenic pictures of trains or deer on a watch don't do it for me.

I know somebody here is bound to know about this stuff.

I have a few pocket watches at home, 3 of them need taken apart and cleaned as I had found them at my grandparents house. The other one I bought 4 years ago at a local jewlery store and it lasted me 3 years and then for some odd reason the hands twisted on it and the winding gear stripped out or something of that odd nature. I'm currently haveing it repared due to warenty of usability. The other three are going to cost $125 each to have rebuilt but only one is really worth it... it's big and heavy... kind of a railroad watch, and it's the one I'm spending the money on.

I recomend a good quality wind up pocket watch because it will be one that will last you forever. I'll find out what brand the newer one I have is and let you know.

[Belegnole]

ooooh, that early wrist watch is sweet. Is that a moon faze I cant quite make it out?

[filman]

it is a reproducution of a 1933 watch
at 12 o'clock it has a month dial
at 3 o'clock it has the day of month dial
at 6 o'clock it has a 24 hour dial over a sun and moon disk that rotates from day to night
at 9 o'clock it has the day of the weak

[Belegnole]

cool, I only have a couple o pockets but my oldest is a Elgin in a Watham case from 1847. You can pick up all sorts on the web for cheap compared to a new watch......

[Tattoo Bradley]

Man, this is rekindling my long love of pocket watches! Thing is, my cell phone has taken place of any functionality of a watch...

[Nick]

A cell phone may replace the functionality of a watch, but it will never replace the style.

I still don't have a cell phone, but even if I did have one I don't think I would stop carrying a watch. Maybe redundant, but I've always loved watches.