Pocket watch for White Tie - Non-mechanical movement

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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HappyStroller
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:37 am

Just curious to know if any gentleman here do not mind wearing a pocket watch powered with a quartz movement at a White Tie function.

Or, for that matter, is there any gentleman who wears a wrist watch at a White Tie function?
RWS
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Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:45 pm

I wear no watch when in evening dress. If I'm out to enjoy myself, should I time that enjoyment?
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Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:42 am

Of course you do not need to, RWS.

It's those English gentlemen in morning dress and frock coats at social events with their pocket watches more than a century ago, perhaps, that had me wondering.

Perhaps a gentleman who has attended a Nobel Prize Award ceremony could give us a report?
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