Pocket Watches

Pocket watches either with a long chain or not is a strapless personal timepiece that can easily be carried in the pocket. Pocket watches have been a symbol of status and higher class in the community for a long time. A century ago, well-off people like to carry gold pocket watches and also being used by the people who were in the jobs where the requirement to do the task within time was mandatory. But now a days pocket watches are mostly used as a collector item than anything else. There are two different kinds of the pocket watches, one is the open faced and the other one is hunter cased in which the clock is covered by some material in order to protect the face of the watch. The antique pocket watches are not easily available these days because they kept as the historical asset by the country but many people who have such antique pocket watches can use them for the profit and pleasure. Antique gold pocket watches are very much expensive and only the rich people can afford to purchase them.

Old pocket watches were quite large in the size and uncomfortable right from their start in the 16th century. The modern pocket watches which can be carried easily to anywhere were came in the market in 17th century. Old pocket watches were mostly made of gold and silver. Gold pocket watch was mostly considered as the sumbol of high status and upper class. Antique gold pocket watch was only under the use of the members of lord house. However, new pocket watches are made up of many metald inclusing gold and silver. New pocket watches are more fascinating and charming than the old ones and have more functions. Rail road pocket watches were used extensivley by train workers duing the last decades of 19th century. As there was lack of technology and it was very important for the railways employees to knowing exactly what time it was in order to prevent the train crashes and other deadly accidents so the only available technology was the pocket watches at that time and that remain an essentail part of the uniform of the train workers.

Some of the old manufacturers of the pocket watches are Elgin, Waltham, Hamilton, and Timex. Elgin pocket watch was first made in May 1867. One of the oldest and greatest pocket watch factory. Now only remain as a collective item and a bit expensive because of the brand name. Hamilton pocket watch was first produced in the late nineteen century. One of best choice for the collectors as very few of its pre-1920 models are avaviable now a days. Waltham pocket watches was first manaufactured in the mid of 19th century. The oldest pocket watch factory has a barnd name in the manufacturing of the pocket watches and at the top choice of collectors than the users. Uses of pocket watches come to an end at the start of 20th century because of the production of the wrist watches by the companies and secodnly companies start gifting gold pocket watch to their retire employess which made the pocket watch as a symbol of old age and this results in declining the usage of the pocket watches. The other famous brands of pocket watches are Timex and Vintage Pocket Watches.

The pocket watch fob is a kind of chain or a strip which is fastened to the watch at one end to help in withdrawin it from the pocket. These chains in the old times were mostly made up of gold and other precious metals. The other trends were to make various shapes at the end of the chain which help in making the whole set more fascinating. These pocket watches can be made by using the gold, platinum, silver, leather and even by using human hairs as in the old times a wife could make a chain by her hairs to gift it to her husband.