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Pocket watch

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A type of man's watch, to be carried in a pocket of the waistcoat (usually worn attached to a watch chain) or in a special small watch-pocket below the waistband of the trousers (usually so worn with a watch fob attached).

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson