With lots of manufacturing jobs coming back to the US, and many factories banning wristwatches for safety reasons as well as mobile devices for security or RF reasons, I definitely see pocket watches making an unironic comeback.
This is exactly what I need. In my job I can't use a wrist watch because of my work gloves, I can't bring my cellphone because i don't want to be seen as getting distracted and wall clocks are unavailable. A pocket watch is what I need to keep track of time so I don't miss my lunch break anymore 😅
I use the "T" bar most often when wearing one of my pocket warches. I put the "T" bar through the button hole from the outside so the bar is on the inside the push the button through the hole as usual.
I have daily carried my Hamilton 950B in 14k gold filled case for 69 years as of 2023. I have always used a chain but never the piece of leather you show and talk about. If there are scratches they are not visible to naked eye, if there is any wear to crown or chain it is at best minimal as cant be seen with naked eye. My watch and chain are all origunal and are daily carried 69 years as as of this year 2023 and it runs for many many years at +/-0 in 24 hours but since early 2000s its maintaining +/- 1 second in 24 hours. It is properly maintained daily with regular clean oil adjust by a certified lisenced Professional Watchmaker basically every 2 years but sometimes more frequent depending on the environment its been exposed to.
The small pocket on jeans was meant to be for a pocket watch. Levis added it in the 1800's so cowboys wouldn't break their watches.That's where I carry mine, on a memento mori chain. Never even considered isolating the watch from the chain. That wee bit of leather is a brilliant idea, same with the button piece.
I just bought a Great American Railroad pocket watch ! Brand new in the box from the 1970’s era . Bought it at a resale shop in Texas , for $15.00 . The grandfather was a railroad man . This is made in the USA from a Bradley Company , division of Elgin . It had a broken link on the chain , which I just had repaired at a jewelry store . I’m looking forward to wearing this wonderful find , so thank you sir for the tutorial ! Peace ☮️
I have a 3/4" stainless steel split ring on the front belt loop on the right side of my jeans. The chain is attached to that and it is really secure. I also have the same set up on my overalls. I put the split ring through the hole in the flap of the bib. I carried a pocket watch most of my career as a locomotive engineer for Conrail and NS. I have a Hamilton Railway Special 992B with a Montgomery Dial.
Great idea about the split ring! Thanks for sharing! It is awesome that you carried that Pocket Watch on your locomotive engineer job. That is a fine grade watch you have!
I'm 65 and have been wearing pocket watches daily for 47 years. That's everyday!! Started in high-school around 75 and couldn't get enough. My grandfather got me hooked on them when I was a kid. I just thought they were soooo cool. And still do. My first ever, I was about 9 yrs. and got a Bulls Eye dollar watch for Christmas. I have several good watches now from both centuries and all working in top notch shape. Well good chatting with ya. P.S. I just wish more people would wear them again. They'll pull out a cell phone from their pocket to check the time, but not a watch. Sad !!
Awesome comment! I feel the same way about people coming back to pocket watches! Hopefully these videos will bring ore interest - they are a fantastic piece of machinery and you don't have to have them updated on buy a new one every few years because of some sort of dysfunction! As long as you clean and serviced, they will last longer than you! Thanks for watching!
Hey Rick, I'm a 20something and carry a pocket watch for my white/blue collar tech job. Wristwatches can snag on machines in the shop and there are areas where devices that transmit or receive RF are strictly forbidden. That said, my use case is pretty rare. The next time you see kids pulling out an iPhone and idly scrolling to show off in front of one with an old cracked Android, remember that top hatted businessmen were doing the exact same thing at the train platforms of 19th century America, checking the time on their full-jeweled Illinois right in front of the farmer with his Dollar Ingersoll or Swiss knockoff. With public schools getting more and more dangerous, younger children and teens are starting to buy chains and kevlar(!) cords that lock to their phone's charging port and connect to a belt loop. Time is a flat circle.
On the belt hook chain, put the hook up the inside of the belt and hook it. That way if you lean on something that pushes up on the hook, the chain is still behind the belt the hook and chain doesn't just fall. If the watch falls, it will still have something it is connected to. I had mine pull the hook back on the belt when I almost dropped it.
I have two railroad pocket watches from my father-in-law, both need work. SAS soon as I can get them fixed. I'll be wearing one. He also retired from L & N.
I am in a wheelchair and a wristwatch can be difficult. I recently sterted collecting pocket watches and enjoy learning the different ways to wear them. I like to wear a vest when and can but sometimes just in a shirt pocket. Thanks for you time. I will subscribe to your site and look for more infoemation
I scratched my bow trying to get that piece of junk clip that came with it off. I was so upset you don't really notice it but I do. Thank you for this video really smart idea I appreciate it. I wish you Good Fortune
Came across this video looking for creative ways to carry my Tissot Savonette and was not disappointed. I have a small keychain with a skull on it and just carry that around sometimes. Other times i use a stainless steel chain i made out of an old necklace. I sure wish i knew where to get stainless steel bow clips and spring rings. Nearly impossible since everything is made of plated brass. Anyway thanks for sharing. I love pocket watches!
@myhobbiesarenotcheap I just made a chain out of a stainless steel necklace I had. I just ordered stainless steel clips on Amazon. I attached a 5 pence coin too for a dangling fob. What a cool hobby.
I have a leather pocket watch holder that cover completely the pocket watch which is attached to my belt. My Coin silver pocket watch Is a 1912 Illinois. I have a thick British silver chain on it. At the end of the chain I have a 2017 Walker dollar .999 silver coin in a holder . That I use as the fob. I put the coin fob in my right front pants pocket extending the chain to my watch in the leather pouch on my belt. I wear my pocket daily. But I also Wear a 1949 Omega Tresor on my wrist . In my pocket is My IPhone which has an app connected to the atomic clock. Since I want my pocket watch and wrist watch daily I can adjust it daily. The pocket watch looses a couple minutes daily . I guess I could adjust it but it is good enough for me. My 1949 O mega Tresor is a seventeen jewel manual wind watch . It stays accurate with a time adjustment only every three or four days . Which I Think is amazing for a watch that is 75 years old..
I wear a pocket watch most often when we are doing a historical costumed event of the 18th and 19th century. 18th century pocket watches were notoriously unreliable and were more decorative then funtional. The most common architectural finds around where a taverns was are clay pipe bowls and pocket watch keys.
Thanks for sharing, you gave me some good ideas because I carry a pocket watch everyday, mainly overalls and sometimes jeans when the wife and I go out. I really do think pocket watches are slowly coming back for the appeal they give but lots of men don’t like things on their wrists just like I don’t. God bless.
Great video. Often I wear a PW with a thin leather cord, one end tied to the bow, the other to a belt loop. If the knot is tight, it seems pretty secure. I like those leather fobs as well though!
Good idea! A lot of Railway men wore it exactly the same way! I didn't even think of that when I made this video! (Some even used old shoe or boot laces!) Thanks for watching!!!
Thanks I was always curious about pocket watch chains I normally keep mine in my left breast side pocket. I fell in love with pocket watches when I was a child and I always wanted to hold grandpas old gruen as time went on ive never said no to a pocket watch unless its quartz recently my dad passed on and I bought an old pocket watch to remember him its helped immensly when I carry it or grandpas gruen it feel like ive got him with me gives me the courage to go do things id be to scared to do without him.
Most of those pocket watch chains that you buy today have split links that are not soldered or welded and the end loops always pull apart I'm looking for a good quality solid chain with a good clip and a good strap end, I usually use ball chain with a solid clip on the belt and put the chain part right through the bow, where do you keep the key right around the chain I usually use a separate short chain and put the key through it and threw the bow so it's all together. Always 100% stainless steel ball chain.
Hi, great video, I'm 17 and I'm very interested in these kinda things, I recently saw a pocket watch and thought it would be really cool. I don't know if I'm being pretentious, but I've never had or carried a pocket watch, I really want to try it out (Sorry for the bad English).
Wear a pocket watch. I started wearing them when i was 13. Of course cell phones weren't common then but they remained an interest and a part of my life decades later. Do it. Get a cheapy little Chinese and see how you like it before you commit to a nice one.
The pocket watch at the end of the video with overalls is a Hamilton 940. It was made in 1911. The dual hour hands is for two time zones. Is this the one you are referring to?
I dropped my grandfather's old silver pocket watch with a train on it and it's been killing me I had to find someone that's really good to fix it I'm in New York City one day I have to get it fixed
There is probably some good watch repair people around you in New York City. I would join one of the watch repair groups on Facebook and ask for recommendations. I would not take it to a jewelers most of them don’t repair vintage watches.
Another wonderful video! This one was really great, but I am still clueless how to wear a particular pocket watch chain I have 😄 The reason is, it simply has a small lobster claw knife at one end, and the the loop to attach to the watch bow at the other. Then, along the chain is a free-traveling gold coin holder. I've seen many with T-bars and then a fob hung from a small length of chain also attached to the T-bar, like the one you showed. However, I've never seen any where the fob is just on a ring that freely travels up and down the chain, and I'm not really sure how you'd wear this. I'll figure it out someday 😂 Thanks for the great content!
Thank you so much! I am not familiar with that type of chain setup, however there is an excellent FB group that focuses on antique watch chains and fobs. If you join the group and post a picture with your question, I am sure someone there will have some knowledge about it. 🙂
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With lots of manufacturing jobs coming back to the US, and many factories banning wristwatches for safety reasons as well as mobile devices for security or RF reasons, I definitely see pocket watches making an unironic comeback.
This is exactly what I need. In my job I can't use a wrist watch because of my work gloves, I can't bring my cellphone because i don't want to be seen as getting distracted and wall clocks are unavailable. A pocket watch is what I need to keep track of time so I don't miss my lunch break anymore 😅
I use the "T" bar most often when wearing one of my pocket warches. I put the "T" bar through the button hole from the outside so the bar is on the inside the push the button through the hole as usual.
I have daily carried my Hamilton 950B in 14k gold filled case for 69 years as of 2023. I have always used a chain but never the piece of leather you show and talk about. If there are scratches they are not visible to naked eye, if there is any wear to crown or chain it is at best minimal as cant be seen with naked eye. My watch and chain are all origunal and are daily carried 69 years as as of this year 2023 and it runs for many many years at +/-0 in 24 hours but since early 2000s its maintaining +/- 1 second in 24 hours. It is properly maintained daily with regular clean oil adjust by a certified lisenced Professional Watchmaker basically every 2 years but sometimes more frequent depending on the environment its been exposed to.
The small pocket on jeans was meant to be for a pocket watch. Levis added it in the 1800's so cowboys wouldn't break their watches.That's where I carry mine, on a memento mori chain. Never even considered isolating the watch from the chain. That wee bit of leather is a brilliant idea, same with the button piece.
I just bought a Great American Railroad pocket watch ! Brand new in the box from the 1970’s era . Bought it at a resale shop in Texas , for $15.00 .
The grandfather was a railroad man . This is made in the USA from a Bradley Company , division of Elgin . It had a broken link on the chain , which I just had repaired at a jewelry store .
I’m looking forward to wearing this wonderful find , so thank you sir for the tutorial !
Peace ☮️
I have a 3/4" stainless steel split ring on the front belt loop on the right side of my jeans. The chain is attached to that and it is really secure. I also have the same set up on my overalls. I put the split ring through the hole in the flap of the bib.
I carried a pocket watch most of my career as a locomotive engineer for Conrail and NS. I have a Hamilton Railway Special 992B with a Montgomery Dial.
Great idea about the split ring! Thanks for sharing! It is awesome that you carried that Pocket Watch on your locomotive engineer job. That is a fine grade watch you have!
Very helpful! I just inherited my great grandfathers pocket watch. I plan on wearing it and want to make sure it's safe and secure.
I'm 65 and have been wearing pocket watches daily for 47 years. That's everyday!! Started in high-school around 75 and couldn't get enough. My grandfather got me hooked on them when I was a kid. I just thought they were soooo cool. And still do. My first ever, I was about 9 yrs. and got a Bulls Eye dollar watch for Christmas.
I have several good watches now from both centuries and all working in top notch shape. Well good chatting with ya.
P.S. I just wish more people would wear them again. They'll pull out a cell phone from their pocket to check the time, but not a watch. Sad !!
Awesome comment! I feel the same way about people coming back to pocket watches! Hopefully these videos will bring ore interest - they are a fantastic piece of machinery and you don't have to have them updated on buy a new one every few years because of some sort of dysfunction! As long as you clean and serviced, they will last longer than you! Thanks for watching!
I'm 63 and I too recived a Bulls Eye pocket watch as a gift from my Dad when I was a kid, I still have it.
Nice story, thank you for sharing!!!
30 years old here. I wear my Tissot Savonette on the weekends. I feel so warm and happy pulling out my pocket watch. It makes me genuinely happy.
Hey Rick, I'm a 20something and carry a pocket watch for my white/blue collar tech job. Wristwatches can snag on machines in the shop and there are areas where devices that transmit or receive RF are strictly forbidden. That said, my use case is pretty rare.
The next time you see kids pulling out an iPhone and idly scrolling to show off in front of one with an old cracked Android, remember that top hatted businessmen were doing the exact same thing at the train platforms of 19th century America, checking the time on their full-jeweled Illinois right in front of the farmer with his Dollar Ingersoll or Swiss knockoff.
With public schools getting more and more dangerous, younger children and teens are starting to buy chains and kevlar(!) cords that lock to their phone's charging port and connect to a belt loop.
Time is a flat circle.
I noticed the New York Central Railroad stuff, like the Empire State Express on one of your medallions, very nice 👍
Oops, thought my other comment did not send from 6 days ago
On the belt hook chain, put the hook up the inside of the belt and hook it. That way if you lean on something that pushes up on the hook, the chain is still behind the belt the hook and chain doesn't just fall. If the watch falls, it will still have something it is connected to. I had mine pull the hook back on the belt when I almost dropped it.
That is VERY helpful advice! Thank you!
I have two railroad pocket watches from my father-in-law, both need work. SAS soon as I can get them fixed. I'll be wearing one. He also retired from L & N.
I am in a wheelchair and a wristwatch can be difficult. I recently sterted collecting pocket watches and enjoy learning the different ways to wear them. I like to wear a vest when and can but sometimes just in a shirt pocket. Thanks for you time. I will subscribe to your site and look for more infoemation
Let me know any specifics you are wanting, I plan to make more pocket watch wearing videos in the coming weeks. Thanks for your feedback!
Thank you for this beautiful video!! I recently got a poket wack this days like a gift for saint Nicholas day !!!
I scratched my bow trying to get that piece of junk clip that came with it off. I was so upset you don't really notice it but I do. Thank you for this video really smart idea I appreciate it. I wish you Good Fortune
Sorry to hear that
I ware overalls all winter long and carry my watch, I love the way it looks with the chain hanging
I like wearing mine with my overalls too!
I found a vintage pocket watch at a flea market and now im loving it
Careful it’s addictive.
Came across this video looking for creative ways to carry my Tissot Savonette and was not disappointed. I have a small keychain with a skull on it and just carry that around sometimes. Other times i use a stainless steel chain i made out of an old necklace. I sure wish i knew where to get stainless steel bow clips and spring rings. Nearly impossible since everything is made of plated brass. Anyway thanks for sharing. I love pocket watches!
Thanks for sharing! I have made chains out of old silver necklaces also. I use sterling silver bow clips for mine. (I got them on eBay).
@myhobbiesarenotcheap I just made a chain out of a stainless steel necklace I had. I just ordered stainless steel clips on Amazon. I attached a 5 pence coin too for a dangling fob. What a cool hobby.
Noticed the Empire State Express on the fob for your pocket, very nice
Thank you so much! I really wanted to try out the pocket watch my aunt gave me. This video really helps me out. Take care sir!
Glad I could help!
I have a leather pocket watch holder that cover completely the pocket watch which is attached to my belt. My Coin silver pocket watch Is a 1912
Illinois. I have a thick British silver chain on it. At the end of the chain I have a 2017 Walker dollar .999 silver coin in a holder . That I use as the fob.
I put the coin fob in my right front pants pocket extending the chain to my watch in the leather pouch on my belt. I wear my pocket daily. But I also
Wear a 1949 Omega Tresor on my wrist . In my pocket is My IPhone which has an app connected to the atomic clock. Since I want my pocket watch
and wrist watch daily I can adjust it daily. The pocket watch looses a couple minutes daily . I guess I could adjust it but it is good enough for me.
My 1949 O mega Tresor is a seventeen jewel manual wind watch . It stays accurate with a time adjustment only every three or four days . Which I
Think is amazing for a watch that is 75 years old..
I wear a pocket watch most often when we are doing a historical costumed event of the 18th and 19th century. 18th century pocket watches were notoriously unreliable and were more decorative then funtional. The most common architectural finds around where a taverns was are clay pipe bowls and pocket watch keys.
That is very interesting!
Thanks for sharing, you gave me some good ideas because I carry a pocket watch everyday, mainly overalls and sometimes jeans when the wife and I go out. I really do think pocket watches are slowly coming back for the appeal they give but lots of men don’t like things on their wrists just like I don’t. God bless.
Great video. Often I wear a PW with a thin leather cord, one end tied to the bow, the other to a belt loop. If the knot is tight, it seems pretty secure. I like those leather fobs as well though!
Good idea! A lot of Railway men wore it exactly the same way! I didn't even think of that when I made this video! (Some even used old shoe or boot laces!) Thanks for watching!!!
Thanks I was always curious about pocket watch chains I normally keep mine in my left breast side pocket. I fell in love with pocket watches when I was a child and I always wanted to hold grandpas old gruen as time went on ive never said no to a pocket watch unless its quartz recently my dad passed on and I bought an old pocket watch to remember him its helped immensly when I carry it or grandpas gruen it feel like ive got him with me gives me the courage to go do things id be to scared to do without him.
Thank you for the great comment.
@@myhobbiesarenotcheap and thank you for the wonderful video:)
What a great video. Very helpful for me as a pocket watch beginner. Thanks a lot.
Most of those pocket watch chains that you buy today have split links that are not soldered or welded and the end loops always pull apart I'm looking for a good quality solid chain with a good clip and a good strap end, I usually use ball chain with a solid clip on the belt and put the chain part right through the bow, where do you keep the key right around the chain I usually use a separate short chain and put the key through it and threw the bow so it's all together. Always 100% stainless steel ball chain.
I love my pocket watch
Today i got my first new Pocket Watch, after my old one (from 1908) is broken now
Hi, great video, I'm 17 and I'm very interested in these kinda things, I recently saw a pocket watch and thought it would be really cool. I don't know if I'm being pretentious, but I've never had or carried a pocket watch, I really want to try it out (Sorry for the bad English).
Try it out! You might love it like so many of us do! By the way, your English is good!! Thanks for watching!
Wear a pocket watch. I started wearing them when i was 13. Of course cell phones weren't common then but they remained an interest and a part of my life decades later. Do it. Get a cheapy little Chinese and see how you like it before you commit to a nice one.
Thanks for sharing, good sir!
Good video.
6:52 that's how I plan to do it
Ok, I have to know, which model Hamilton is that last 3 hand (4 with the seconds) pocket watch. That is cool
The pocket watch at the end of the video with overalls is a Hamilton 940. It was made in 1911. The dual hour hands is for two time zones. Is this the one you are referring to?
@@myhobbiesarenotcheap yes sir. Thank you. Very unique pocket watch. Didn’t know Hamilton had made a model like that
very nice. watching from the Philippines
Awesome! Thank you!
I dropped my grandfather's old silver pocket watch with a train on it and it's been killing me I had to find someone that's really good to fix it I'm in New York City one day I have to get it fixed
There is probably some good watch repair people around you in New York City. I would join one of the watch repair groups on Facebook and ask for recommendations. I would not take it to a jewelers most of them don’t repair vintage watches.
Another wonderful video! This one was really great, but I am still clueless how to wear a particular pocket watch chain I have 😄 The reason is, it simply has a small lobster claw knife at one end, and the the loop to attach to the watch bow at the other. Then, along the chain is a free-traveling gold coin holder. I've seen many with T-bars and then a fob hung from a small length of chain also attached to the T-bar, like the one you showed. However, I've never seen any where the fob is just on a ring that freely travels up and down the chain, and I'm not really sure how you'd wear this. I'll figure it out someday 😂 Thanks for the great content!
Thank you so much! I am not familiar with that type of chain setup, however there is an excellent FB group that focuses on antique watch chains and fobs. If you join the group and post a picture with your question, I am sure someone there will have some knowledge about it. 🙂
@@myhobbiesarenotcheap Oh cool! Great suggestion 👍 I will look into that group.
Can you add a picture? (I don’t know how...)
Appleton Tracy Waltham broken balance, ouch.
😀
do you narrate the acorn channel?
Nope.. just my channel. I tried to look the channel up, but all I found was Acorn TV. Is there another channel where someone sounds like me?
Thank you for showing the many ways to properly carry a real mans watch! BTW, bibs are my daily std. attire.
willymakit
Your welcome thanks for the comment. I also wear bibs when working around the house.