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2/21/2010 6:33:36 AM EDT

Why are jeans still made with watch pockets?

Does anyone use them for anything today?

They're always the last part to dry in the dryer...little bastard watch pockets.  I hate them.

2/21/2010 6:34:28 AM EDT
[#1]
Quoted:

Why are jeans still made with watch pockets?

Does anyone use them for anything today?

They're always the last part to dry in the dryer...little bastard watch pockets.  I hate them.



I use it for change...
2/21/2010 6:38:06 AM EDT
[#2]
Really good PM9/LCP/Beretta 21/Seecamp/Baby Browning/etc. spare mag holder for lefties.
2/21/2010 6:38:18 AM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
Quoted:

Why are jeans still made with watch pockets?

Does anyone use them for anything today?

They're always the last part to dry in the dryer...little bastard watch pockets.  I hate them.



I use it for change...


Then, from this point forward, I will call them Obama pockets.



2/21/2010 6:39:13 AM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
Really good PM9/LCP/Beretta 21/Seecamp/Baby Browning/etc. spare mag holder for lefties.



In a watch pocket?

Damn, how big are your pants?



2/21/2010 6:39:48 AM EDT
[#5]
I stick my car keys there. That way I don't have to sift out change from my keys when I get them out of my pocket to use them.
2/21/2010 6:41:49 AM EDT
[#6]
Back when I smoked, it was the perfect place to keep a Zippo.
2/21/2010 6:43:42 AM EDT
[#7]
I think they are mostly for baggies of pills, meth or small amounts of marijuana these days.
2/21/2010 6:45:53 AM EDT
[#8]
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I stick my car keys there. That way I don't have to sift out change from my keys when I get them out of my pocket to use them.


Keys are too valuable to be kept in a shallow pocket.

They should be kept about nut level.



2/21/2010 6:46:01 AM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:

Why are jeans still made with watch pockets?

Does anyone use them for anything today?

They're always the last part to dry in the dryer...little bastard watch pockets.  I hate them.



I use it for change...


Then, from this point forward, I will call them Obama pockets.





But there is no room for hope in there with the change.
2/21/2010 6:46:36 AM EDT
[#10]
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Back when I smoked, it was the perfect place to keep a Zippo.



I will no longer refer to them as the Obama pocket.  They are now cancer pockets.



2/21/2010 6:47:32 AM EDT
[#11]
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I think they are mostly for baggies of pills, meth or small amounts of marijuana these days.



Back to being called Obama pockets.



2/21/2010 6:47:51 AM EDT
[#12]
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Back when I smoked, it was the perfect place to keep a Zippo.


+1 - beat me to it
Only problem I had with this was it caused a rash from the petrol fumes

Use the pocket now for small stuff that would get lost/mixed-up in the main pocket: certain coins, sometimes keys, pins, bullets, etc.

I always buy jeans WITH the watch pocket as I fond them so useful - plus strong too as they're not in a high wear part of the jeans
2/21/2010 6:48:03 AM EDT
[#13]
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Back when I smoked, it was the perfect place to keep a Zippo.


+1 I've never smoked but thats where I carry my Zippo.
2/21/2010 6:49:04 AM EDT
[#14]
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I think they are mostly for baggies of pills, meth or small amounts of marijuana these days.
Or a welfare check...

2/21/2010 6:51:02 AM EDT
[#15]
I carry my pocket watch in mine.
2/21/2010 6:55:12 AM EDT
[#16]
When I carried a pocket watch 20 years ago, I was still using that pocket for its intended purpose.
2/21/2010 6:55:44 AM EDT
[#17]
I usually carry no currency less than $20 bills in my wallet.  The rest are stacked and folded in my watch pocket.
2/21/2010 6:56:12 AM EDT
[#18]
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I carry my pocket watch in mine.


At one time, I carried a pocket watch.  Even then it went in the regular pocket attached to a watch chain.

The watch pocket is the stunted and shunned midget version of a regular pocket.





2/21/2010 6:56:59 AM EDT
[#19]
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Back when I smoked, it was the perfect place to keep a Zippo.


^^^THIS^^^
2/21/2010 6:57:09 AM EDT
[#20]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Back when I smoked, it was the perfect place to keep a Zippo.

I will no longer refer to them as the Obama pocket.  They are now cancer pockets.


Quoted:
Quoted:
I think they are mostly for baggies of pills, meth or small amounts of marijuana these days.

Back to being called Obama pockets.

LOL
2/21/2010 6:57:45 AM EDT
[#21]
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Quoted:
I carry my pocket watch in mine.


At one time, I carried a pocket watch.  Even then it went in the regular pocket attached to a watch chain.





Even after they went to all the trouble of putting a special pocket there for you?  Ingrate.
2/21/2010 6:59:08 AM EDT
[#22]



Quoted:




Why are jeans still made with watch pockets?



Does anyone use them for anything today?



They're always the last part to dry in the dryer...little bastard watch pockets.  I hate them.





you pay too much attention to the laundry. do you not have a wimminz to do yours for you?
 
2/21/2010 7:00:05 AM EDT
[#23]
A rubber fits in there pretty good too.
2/21/2010 7:02:59 AM EDT
[#24]




Quoted:

Really good PM9/LCP/Beretta 21/Seecamp/Baby Browning/etc. spare mag holder for lefties.


That's not a completely obscure use, but I can't imagine that left-handed mouse gun carriers are a huge part of the jeans buying market.  
2/21/2010 7:03:42 AM EDT
[#25]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
I carry my pocket watch in mine.


At one time, I carried a pocket watch.  Even then it went in the regular pocket attached to a watch chain.





Even after they went to all the trouble of putting a special pocket there for you?  Ingrate.



They're just trying to tell me what to do.

I am not a sheep.



2/21/2010 7:04:34 AM EDT
[#26]
Quoted:

Quoted:

Why are jeans still made with watch pockets?

Does anyone use them for anything today?

They're always the last part to dry in the dryer...little bastard watch pockets.  I hate them.


you pay too much attention to the laundry. do you not have a wimminz to do yours for you?


 



Wimminz still require supervision.



2/21/2010 7:06:21 AM EDT
[#27]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
I carry my pocket watch in mine.


At one time, I carried a pocket watch.  Even then it went in the regular pocket attached to a watch chain.





Even after they went to all the trouble of putting a special pocket there for you?  Ingrate.



They're just trying to tell me what to do.

I am not a sheep.





I know what you mean.  I wore the ol' shreddies on the outside of the pants all last week for the same reason.

Anyone that gave me the stink eye got an immediate "baaaaaaa."
2/21/2010 7:06:55 AM EDT
[#28]
Perfect for a Bianchi Speed Strip––you know, spare ammo for one a them revolver things us old guys still carry––
2/21/2010 7:25:34 AM EDT
[#29]
Folding box cutter's what I stick in mine.
2/21/2010 7:28:12 AM EDT
[#30]
Quoted:

Why are jeans still made with watch pockets?

Does anyone use them for anything today?

They're always the last part to dry in the dryer...little bastard watch pockets.  I hate them.



Excellent place for a reload strip of revolver ammo.

2/21/2010 7:32:01 AM EDT
[#31]
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I carry my pocket watch in mine.


I was wondering if anyone was going to say this at all!   I use it for what it's intended to be used for.  I still occasionally carry a pocket watch.  If I don't, it's usually empty or has a small knife or flashlight in it.  My watch pockets tend to be a little big on the jeans I buy.
2/21/2010 7:45:43 AM EDT
[#32]
I keep a lighter in there.
2/21/2010 7:50:14 AM EDT
[#33]
Work Pants - I carry a cheap folding knife.

Good jeans...no use for that pocket.  But I'll keep trying.
2/21/2010 7:52:32 AM EDT
[#34]
That's where I clip my work badge.  If I clip it to the main pocket it sticks out more and gets hung up on things.
2/21/2010 7:54:34 AM EDT
[#35]
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Back when I smoked, it was the perfect place to keep a Zippo.


I did that as well. I usually leave my car key and house key in it now. Keep my change in my right pocket and my cell in my left.
2/21/2010 7:56:39 AM EDT
[#36]
I always thought it was called a change pocket. It's where I put my Zippo.
2/21/2010 8:25:38 AM EDT
[#37]
it is my knife pocket.
2/21/2010 8:36:21 AM EDT
[#38]
I sometimes tuck my cell phone in there. It's a smaller phone, not one of those huge ones that can contact alien life forms or anything.
2/21/2010 8:37:57 AM EDT
[#39]
you wear FUBU's?
2/21/2010 8:45:49 AM EDT
[#40]


On a pair of Diamond Gusset Carpenter jeans I can fit my fist in the watch pocket.

2/21/2010 8:49:12 AM EDT
[#41]
I carry a pocket knife in the watch pocket.
2/21/2010 8:51:56 AM EDT
[#42]
It's where all the stupid fucking tweekers keep their dope. Stupid fuckers act all supprised when we find it. Like that's not going to be the first place checked. Fuck tweekers are stupid.
2/21/2010 8:54:37 AM EDT
[#43]
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I carry a pocket knife in the watch pocket.



+1 thats where my benchmade is clipped
2/21/2010 9:38:17 AM EDT
[#44]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Really good PM9/LCP/Beretta 21/Seecamp/Baby Browning/etc. spare mag holder for lefties.



In a watch pocket?

Damn, how big are your pants?





I wear a 33 waist.

Here's a quick iPhone pic of a PM9 mag, the largest of those I listed:



2/21/2010 9:38:58 AM EDT
[#45]
They're for condoms now.
2/21/2010 9:42:46 AM EDT
[#46]
I like them for any small item that you might need to get quickly.



I think of them as tactical pockets.
2/21/2010 9:47:50 AM EDT
[#47]
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Quoted:
Really good PM9/LCP/Beretta 21/Seecamp/Baby Browning/etc. spare mag holder for lefties.

That's not a completely obscure use, but I can't imagine that left-handed mouse gun carriers are a huge part of the jeans buying market.  


I'm right handed, but my favorite little skull popper (BUG of course) rides in my left front pocket. Watch pocket is a great place for
a spare mag.