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Constant rubbing keeps them shiny. That's why when you use them, they retain a sheen. If you leave them alone, the oxidation builds up and it goes all mucky.
Just jumping in here...my husband pulled his pocket watch chain askew (he caught it on his shop table in was going full force in the opposite direction!) and it's ruined. Where would you recommend I buy him another at? The ruined one was about 10 inches long. He wears it everyday in his jean pocket ( he works on ranches) so a sturdy one would be good.
Thank you!
Can someone please post a picture of wearing a pocket watch in a dress shirt and with a blazer (no waistcoat) for me? My watch chain recently failed, and I need to find a new one.
Also, I used to have a spring-ring chain large enough to clip to a belt loop. My grandfather has a gold chain with a spring-ring but it's far too small to attach to a loop; how would this chain be worn?
Thanks in advance for your help and advice!
You don't traditionally wear a CHAIN with a blazer/coat. You wear a leather-watch strap.
The chain you describe may not even be a pocketwatch chain. It could be a necklace. If it IS a watch-chain, then I believe the fashion was to attach one fob to one end, and the watch to the other, and wear it across the two watch-pockets on your waistcoat. Interesting, but hardly practical and safe. All it takes is for one slip and the watch will be taking a very expensive trip to the watchmaker...or a very cheap trip to the nearest dustbin.
It was not uncommon in the Victorian era to wear a pocket watch in the breast pocket of one's jacket or blazer with the chain attached by a T-bar to the boutineer hole of the jacket's lapel. this fine young gent appears to have his watch chain anchored by a pin, but you could just as easily anchor the chain into the boutineer hole itself using the T-bar you would use for a waistcoat.
As for the question of the small spring ring chain - you simply slip the ring through the belt loop and snap the spring ring around the trailing end of chain, creating a loop with the chain running through the spring ring. Another alternative is to purchase a leather belt loop with a d-ring on the bottom and clip the spring ring onto that.
Hope that helps!
Thanks guys, that helps a lot. I saw somewhere earlier in this thread mention of using the breast pocket of a shirt as a storage place, and I was a bit confused by that. Using a leather fob strap makes sense for the lapel hole, I assume that for this purpose one does not attach a fob? Where is a good source for leather straps?
A chain or a leather strap would be acceptable for wear in the breast pocket of the jacket, and if by fob you mean the small charms that you would attach to an Albert chain, that would probably be a bit odd. I would use a leather strap or a chain without a fob drop.
The link I posted for the lady asking about chains for her husband also sells leather strap fobs I believe.
Here is a shot of the watches, chains, and "trinkets" associated with them, that I wear most often. I have a cigar cutter somewhere and a human hair watch chain with a wonderful carved intaglio but I can't seem to remember where I have put them:eusa_doh:.
Regards,
J.S.