A device for holding a man's pocket watch, in the form of a short bar to slide behind the belt and curve over the top and downward, the front with adecorative ornament, sometimes in the form of a band with a snap to hold the watch. Some also had a loop to be attached for security to a watch chain.
Watch Hook
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A device for holding a man's pocket watch, in the form of a short bar to slide behind the belt and curve over the top and downward, the front with adecorative ornament, sometimes in the form of a band with a snap to hold the watch. Some also had a loop to be attached for security to a watch chain.
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From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson
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