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A clock you romance into existence with a chain instead of just glancing at your wrist.
means A small portable timepiece designed to be carried in a pocket, traditionally fastened to a chain.
from A plain English compound — "pocket" plus "watch" — that does exactly what it says. "Watch" once meant keeping vigil through the night (the same root as being "watchful"), and early mechanical timekeepers borrowed the name, perhaps because they let watchmen track the hours. Portable spring-driven versions appeared in the 16th century; once they shrank small enough to tuck away rather than hang from the neck, the "pocket" half attached itself, and the word settled into the language as the older neck-worn forms fell out of fashion.
- railroad standard
- 1891 train crash forced strict accuracy rules
- hunter case
- Spring-loaded lid clicked shut to guard the crystal
- vest pockets
- Existed mainly to cradle these timepieces
- chain name
- The Albert chain honored Queen Victoria's husband
- comeback kid
- Three-piece suits keep them quietly alive today
abraham lincoln's pocket watch — engraved gold watch owned by lincoln, now at smithsonian, stopped at time of his assassination in 1865
patek philippe henry graves — most expensive pocket watch ever sold, $24 million at auction in 2014