Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Traditionally, if you wanted to carry your time piece on your person with formal attire, one carried it in your waistcoat pocket as usual, but without the chain. Instead, one had a "fob". It was a short piece of silk cloth, some times fine woven gold, or silver ,perhaps two inches wide and perhaps about four inches long. It had a clip on one end for the watch and some sort of elaborate "thing" on the other that just hung out of your pocket. Imagine, if you will, something like a medal ribbon with the watch on one end and the ribbon and medal hanging from the pocket.
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