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As my lad and I reviewed the jewelry and silver components of my parents' estate tonight, I happened to notice that he was not wearing a watch. He said that a watch in the summer just gets sweaty and, besides, who needs one? You just pull out your iPhone, and there's the time.

Just like an old-fashioned pocket watch, I observed. Then I pointed out one of my Grandpa's gold pocket watches on the jewelry list.

Then I had a thought. Why don't these modern phones have some clip-on chain-type things like the watch chains of the old days? It could be a new/old fashion, and useful too.

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 21:37 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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How about something like the trucker's wallet? No more leaving the phone on top of the car, etc.

#1 walt moffett on 2013-07-29 22:30 (Reply)

My habit is to start driving with my coffee cup on the roof of the car. Especially after filling the tank.

#1.1 Bird Dog on 2013-07-29 22:38 (Reply)

I once drove from Woodstock to Mystic, CT with a brand new Raymarine DS-750 depth sounder on the back bumper of my pickup.

My habit is not the roof of my truck - it's the bed of my truck. I normally put things inside the bed when at the gas station and forget about them.

#1.1.1 Tom Francis on 2013-07-30 05:55 (Reply)

Put a big magnet in the bottom, first,

#1.1.2 Sam L. on 2013-07-30 13:05 (Reply)

I have a leather wriststrap attached to my iPhone.

Very handy, if kinda girly - but I'm a girl.

And now my phone doesn't go flying across the room so often.

#2 Gorgo on 2013-07-29 23:09 (Reply)

To answer your question, the pocket-watch could be "read" from belt or bellybutton distance, the iPhone or Smart-whatever needs to be brought up to the ear or in front of the face. The pocket-watch chain could be 8 to 12 inches, at rest, the chain loops down to the top of the thigh. The device that needs to go from the belt to the face/head area needs to two feet minimum and at rest in its belt case recreates the look of the 1940's Zootsuiter. Catches on doors, drawers and passing semi's very well.
But you can still buy pager chains if you want one for the pocket-watch.

#3 John the River (Link) on 2013-07-30 12:57 (Reply)

Fine, go ahead, tell the nice policeman that a pickpocket is why you're walking around downtown with no pants on.

#4 buddy larsen on 2013-07-30 16:22 (Reply)

The boys are trying to kidnap a baby from the kidnappers for the ree-ward money. In the fracas, they leave the baby, whom they'd instantly fallen in love with, on the top of the car (unbeknownst to them, the baby had slid off unharmed).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmL4f8ZwYfU

#5 buddy larsen on 2013-07-30 16:46 (Reply)

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Gold Pocket Watch