Thread: pocket watches?

I prefer a pocket watch.

I am ready to graduate from the $15 Timex I have, My dad has an omega wristwatch, which I have always liked. I found this pocket watch, but dont know much about it. (its on the high end of my price range...) But I like the looks of it.

Opinions?

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Yup, I've always preferred a pocket watch (as a cellist, I can either take off my wristwatch, wear it on my right wrist--or better, have a pocket watch).

My only problem is that I have two nice old watches (an 1895 Waltham, and a similar vintage English watch), but neither of them is running now...

This is the sole advantage, IMO, of a quartz watch (which is what I have on right now, on my right wrist, where it feels out of place...)

Roger

I not so long ago switched to pocket watches as well. I use computers fairly often and having having my wrist rest on a wrist watch while typing started to get uncomfortable. I started putting my wrist watch through a belt loop to keep it out of the way, so the natural thing to do was switch to a pocket watch. Nothing elaborate or fancy yet, most of mine are quartz, but I quite like em

I like the weight of a sturdy wrist watch around my left wrist, but these days I don't bother anymore because it is too much bother taking it off and making sure I don't lose it.

Pocket watches... My pockets usually contain a roll of peppermint, a cell phone, car keys, house keys, a pocket knife and a hanky. There is no room to spare for a watch. Especially one that I wouldn't want full of dents and scuff marks.

Now, for the simple purpose of keeping time:
I have 2 cell phones. One is always one me.
I spend most of my waking hours behind one of my computers at work or at home.
The kitchen furnace has a time display, just like the microwave and the VCR.
We have a tex avery wall clock in the living room, and an alarm clock alongside the bed.

E. Howard & Company

Howard's are great. I have several and the cream of the crop is a Series O that is in great shape. Of course a good chain is required.