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About Antique Watch Fobs

Watch fobs, popular during Victorian times, were medallions or ornaments attached by a strap, chain or ribbon to a pocket watch to assist in locating and removing the watch from the pocket. Similar to today's key chains, fobs came in many styles and designs (including advertising). They would be used to add weight to help anchor the watch chain into a vest pocket, or to just hang off the chain as a decorative piece of jewelry.

Watch fob designs ranged from simple shapes to intricate hand made miniatures embedded with precious stones. Fob chains were made from gold, platinum, sterling, Boar's hair, leather, string, or even human hair.

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An Interview With Antique Pocket Watch Collector Barry S. Goldberg

An Interview With Antique Pocket Watch Collector Barry S. Goldberg

I got started collecting pocket watches partly because I hated wearing wristwatches; I used to carry my wrist…  [more]



Top Websites (“Hall of Fame”)

Barry S. Goldbergs Pocket Watch Collection

Barry S. Goldbergs Pocket Watch Collection

Barry Goldberg’s excellent collection of pocket watches, mostly American models from the late 1800s and early 189…  [more]

American Watch Company Web

American Watch Company Web

Tom McIntyre’s reference site on antique watches, especially those made by the American Watch Company (later know…  [more]

Heartland Horology

Heartland Horology

This simple but impressive site features visually stunning, high resolution photographs of American pocket watch mo…  [more]

National Watch and Clock Museum

National Watch and Clock Museum

This virtual museum, created by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, lets you stroll through tim…  [more]


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