Pocket Watch

The proper way to wear a pocket watch is by clipping your pocket watch strap onto a belt loop and leaving your watch in your pants pocket. If you happen to sport a well-fitted vest, you could also opt for utilizing the vest pocket for your pocket watch to look extra snazzy.

For some ideas on potential outfits to show off the proper way to wear a pocket watch:

• One of the most impressive outfits for pocket watches is the formal three-piece suit. Express a southern flair with a khaki colored suit with your pocket watch, or get inspired by Sherlock Holmes by pairing a pocket watch with an earthy brown or charcoal grey three-piece suit.
• For a contemporary interpretation of the pocket watch, pair your watch with some dark denim straight-legged jeans, a sharp pair of shoes and a button-down shirt with a cardigan or v-neck sweater. You’ll look suave, sophisticated and rather dapper for the hipster youth demographic.
• If you want an east coast, Hampton’s summer home look, pair your pocket watch with khaki shorts, a polo shirt and some Sperry boat shoes. Tie a sweater around your shoulders to great effect.

Wristwatches are so… passé. For one thing, they’ve been around since our parents were kids. Most people want something newer, something different. In a world where cell phones tell time and schedule meetings, watches are fashion statements. Sorry, but that Barbie watch just doesn’t cut it. Try something a little edgier.

Tons of people are getting into the whole steampunk thing. Steampunk imagines what modern technology would be if everything ran on steam power and kept Victorian ideals and styles. Watches on chains, large brassy knobby-looking contraptions and aviator goggles are the hallmarks of steampunk. Steampunk is a DIY phenomenon. So build it yourself, huh?

For those of you who want to walk on the darker side, give the gothic look a shot. And not that emo crying mascara and whiny music, either. Goth means darkness, figuratively and literally. We’re talking baroque colors, vampires, werewolves (not the glittery six-pack kind, Stephanie Meyer) and lots of metal. Gothic watches come on either chains or heavy leather bracers, and you should expect spikes and knobby steel bits. Dark leather, metal and skulls are the hallmarks of the gothic style. Black will be your new favorite color, so embrace the night.

So if you’re looking for a few ways to accessorize your new look, go no further. Just because your parents wore watches doesn’t mean you have to look like they did. Seriously, disco? Really?