Q&A for How to Wear a Pocket Watch

No, only mechanical watches. If you get a pocket watch with batteries, it will work just like a wristwatch.

Usually onto a belt loop, or with a clip to the side of the pants. But it depends on what type of chain clip there is.

Watch oil is extremely thin (i.e. very low viscosity). The thinnest oil you could buy in a hardware store would be like Elmer's Glue to a watch. This is a task best performed by experts or you run the risk of gumming up your watch and having to take it in for a very expensive cleaning.

Of course! A person of any gender can wear a pocket watch however they want. Feel free to be creative!

By attaching it to a necklace chain, a long piece of ribbon or such. Basically, put the watch on anything long enough to have it go around your neck and drape down as far as you want it to.

If there is a T fastener on the chain, place it in a button hole and place the watch in your pants or shirt pocket. With a round spring fastener the same applies.

Some pocket watches come with a chain that allows you to wear it like a necklace. Yours may have the option. You may be able to purchase a necklace chain for your pocket watch if you do not have one.

Wear it as a necklace or for a dress with pockets, put it in the pocket without the chain.

You could, but it's somewhat redundant. The point of a pocket watch is for it to be your main timekeeping device.

No, not really at all. A light rain shouldn't be be a problem, but more than that is risky.

Yes, stop when you feel resistance to the winding. You don't want to break the mainspring.

Usually a wipe down with a soft cloth is all you need. Be careful, an abrasive polish could damage the finish. Many cases have a thin layer of gold plating that can wear through. "Gold filled" and "Rolled gold pate" (GF or RGP) indicate that it is gold plated. Silver cases may benefit from a gentle hand polish.

Try wearing it as a necklace, or you could attach it to a band and slip it into your pocket.

If it has a keyhole for winding or you hear a clicking noise when you wind it, then it most likely doesn't have a battery.

Just put the T-bar trough the topmost buttonhole and put the watch in whichever pocket you want.(There are pocket watches where the watch face is rotated 90 degrees left/right. In that case, put it in the pocket accordingly).

If you are right handed, wear it on the left. If you are left handed, wear it on the right. The reason for doing this is that you always leave you dominant hand free.

It depends on whether you are a smoker or not, as some wear a cigar cutter or a small ornate penknife. If you have a tool of your trade, such as a jeweller's eyepiece, or if you can get a clip-on ornate cigarette lighter, then anything like this or similar will weigh the chain down really.