Pocket watch

A gold pocket watch

A pocket watch is a timepiece that is kept in the pocket rather than worn on a wrist (wristwatch). It is thought to be invented by Peter Henlein.^[1]

The pocket watch usually has a chain to connect to a certain clothing, so the watch would not fall out of the pocket and get broken. This watch was popular before the wristwatch become popular. Because of wristwatches, the pocket watch became less common and popular. Still, some people today wear pocket watches, and a golden pocket watch is often a token of a person's retirement.

Pocket Watch Media

Savonette with cathedral hands and luminescent dial made by Thos. Russell & Son (probably in the 1920s)
Pocketwatches evolved from clock-watches, supposedly called Nuremberg eggs, worn on chains around the neck. Example by Peter Henlein, 1510, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg.
X-ray video of a pocket stopwatch with a clear visible mechanics of the watch. Video was taken with 10 X-ray images per second.
Antique verge fusée pocketwatch movement, from the 1700s
A French pocketwatch from the 1920s
A pocket watch, retrieved from shipwreck of Titanic from unknown victim of sinking
High resolution image of a clockwork with silver hallmark and precision surface finish
Wooden pocket watch XIX-XX. Russian stamp, 2010
A so-called "mystery watch" with a transparent dial, c. 1889, Musée d'Horlogerie of Le Locle, Switzerland. It is the first transparent watch.