It was one of those untouchable objects that sat on the upper shelf of the ornate roll-top desk in the corner of the formal living room of our family home, off limits to the likes of me. This pocket watch has been in my family for a very long time-as long as I can remember. Though not a Bulova product, my dad thought I might like to have it given my general love of watches. However, while I was visiting my folks for the holidays last year, my father presented me with a pocket watch that belonged to his grandfather-my great-grandfather-who died while my father was still a child. Women can wear wristwatches, pendant watches, ring watches, bracelet watches, and lapel watches, but Heaven forbid they pull a watch out of their pocket! Although women did carry beautiful little pocket watches at one time, in my lifetime such watches have strictly been a man’s accessory. As a woman, pocket watches have always been off-limits, like smoking a pipe -it’s just not done. As many of you will have noticed, pocket watches have not been a focus of my watch collection.
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