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Inside secrets of a pocket watch from 1680

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Pawn Stars: Pocket Watch Pick 'Em | History

Dutch mathematician and scientist Christiaan Huygens patented a pocket watch. Pocket watches have been very popular for more than two and half centuries. Usually, they had attached a chain which allowed them to be secured to a jacket. After the World War I, most people started to use wrist watches.
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    • Use in railroading in the United States 

    • Types of pocket watches 

    • Types of watch movements 

    • Decline in popularity 

    • Most complicated pocket watches