Should You Convert a Pocket Watch to a Wrist Watch?

As per the name, a pocket watch is meant to be carried in one’s pocket.

A wristwatch or pocket watch has a housing (1), a glass (2) and a dial (3).

Unlike the traditional wristwatch, a pocket watch is meant to be carried around in the pocket.

The traveller's pocket watch which inspired a GMT wristwatch

The pocket watch is the oldest type of watch in manufacturing.

The pocket watch is the oldest form of watch in production.

The Lépine pocket watch, named after innovator and watchmaker Jean-Antoine Lépine, is a style of pocket watch admired for its thinness.

A watch pocket or fob pocket is a small pocket designed to hold a pocket watch, sometimes found in men's trousers and waistcoats and in traditional blue jeans.

A modern interpretation of a pocket watch of the year 1795

A very good looking well made and decorative pocket watch, it is a Goliath as mentioned which is about 30% larger than a standard pocket watch.

A modern interpretation of a pocket watch of the year 1795.

Seiko pocket watch is appointed as Japan National Railway's official "Railway Watch".

A Waltham pocket watch will have "A.W.W.Co." and "Waltham, Mass." on the movement, which is the inner workings of the pocket watch.

5215) combined the classical pocket watch IWC calibre 9520 with typical features of the Ingenieur.