How do you wear a pocket watch? While wearing a suit or tuxedo, you can place your pocket watch on your waistcoat pocket, with the chain passed through a buttonhole and placed on the other pocket. This is the classic method. If you’re wearing regular clothes like jeans or slacks, you can keep the watch in your pocket and attach the chain to your belt loop.

How do you attach a pocket watch? Older pocket watches used to have chains with fobs on the end to make the watch easier to pull out of a pocket. These days, most pocket watches have clips on the end of the chain used to attach them to belt loops or waistcoats.