A Nostalgic Antique Time Piece

Dec 24
08:42

2010

Asuka Jeong

Asuka Jeong

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A modern man certainly wonders what a pocket watch should actually mean to him. Whether it is simply a useful time piece or is a part of his limited fashion accessories. In fact even though the pocket watch had merely been the only basic device enabling people to record time, today, men utilize these watches for both purposes.

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It was certainly 16th century era that led to the creation of a time piece that was truly portable and convenient to carry,A Nostalgic Antique Time Piece Articles thus attaining its name as a pocket watch. Before pocket watches came into existence, the only means of keeping track of time were large sized and expensive watches which were merely present within limited households and surely were not portable. In fact even the earliest pocket watch in fact varied to quite an extent with the finalized versions and which we know today.

Those early pocket watches were not even ideally portable and due to their large sized design they were not exactly suitable to be carried in pockets. Thus the design of a pocket watch was constantly modified till they were able to finalize a something everyone was comfortable with. Thus after retaining an egg shape for some time, the pocket watch, turned out to become quite small sized and in a more circular shape, such that you could easily fit them into a pocket.

Even from that time, while being important as a time piece, a pocket watch held much more of significance for the men. Those early pocket watches were a sign and symbol of one’s wealthy status and were a luxurious mode of a fashion accessory. For such a reason various pocket watches of that time were made of gold and even had gems added over them.

A pocket watch is definitely a very classic accessory that will never die even if its trend has ended as a time piece. The invention of modern clocks and wrist watches might have affected the fashion sense and statements of men and women, but for all of them, such time pieces would surely not be a notable addition to their watch or jewelry collection. Thus an interest in a pocket watch surely leads to an innovative hobby of collecting these valuable time pieces that are a part of history.

Therefore, if you are such an enthusiast as well and would not just merely like to add one these traditional time pieces to your collection. If you would also utilize them as a classic fashion item, then you would want to pick out something like this Classical Mechanical Copper pocket watch. This open face pocket watch has certainly designed to showcase a classic appeal and indeed shows off as an antique piece. The watch face has quite an elaborate detailing and a sculptural appeal to it and the watch body itself makes it look appear as an authentic historical piece. Since these watches of that time were worn with a chain, this one too has a pocket chain attached to it so you may fasten it to your pocket and hang it there.