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Where to wear a pocket watch:
1. Waistcoat pocket.
Natural place. This is where they were usually worn 'in the good old days'.
2. Trouser pocket.
You put your watch in your 'fifth pocket', the watch pocket, and put the chain on your belt-loop. If your trousers do not have a watch-pocket, or the pocket is too small...
3. Breast-pocket of coat.
Watch goes into the breast-pocket of your coat, and the chain goes through the lapel button-hole. Alternatively, the chain goes through a buttonhole of your coat, and the watch goes into a pocket inside the opposite side of the coat (if that makes any sense), stretching across the chest/abdomen (depending on which buttonhole you pick).
4. Breast pocket of shirt.
Watch goes into the breast pocket of your dress-shirt and the chain goes through the buttonhole nearest to the top of the pocket (usually the 2nd or 3rd down from the throat). This is how I wear my pocket watches.
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Hey Rich, how about a picture of your new watch? Here are mine:
1. Waistcoat pocket.
Natural place. This is where they were usually worn 'in the good old days'.
2. Trouser pocket.
You put your watch in your 'fifth pocket', the watch pocket, and put the chain on your belt-loop. If your trousers do not have a watch-pocket, or the pocket is too small...
3. Breast-pocket of coat.
Watch goes into the breast-pocket of your coat, and the chain goes through the lapel button-hole. Alternatively, the chain goes through a buttonhole of your coat, and the watch goes into a pocket inside the opposite side of the coat (if that makes any sense), stretching across the chest/abdomen (depending on which buttonhole you pick).
4. Breast pocket of shirt.
Watch goes into the breast pocket of your dress-shirt and the chain goes through the buttonhole nearest to the top of the pocket (usually the 2nd or 3rd down from the throat). This is how I wear my pocket watches.
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Hey Rich, how about a picture of your new watch? Here are mine: