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This group serves as a hub for owners and appreciators of finely crafted vintage pocket watches.

These beautiful timepieces were commonplace in the 16th century until the onset of the great war, in which trench warfare called for watches to be easily accessible. When watch manufacturers began mass production on "trench watches" - as wristwatches then were called, a decline of use, and ownership, of pocket watches resulted.

With the beginnings of the Steampunk subculture paving way for a renewal of interest in Victorian-era fashion, as well as the resurgence of three-piece suits as formal wear, pocket watches have seen a return to popularity.

An introductory Wikipedia article on pocket watches[en.wikipedia.org]