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Old 29 January 2016, 02:55 AM   #1
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Breaking News!

That little pocket on your Levi's or Wrangler or any other pair of jeans was designed for, wait for it, a pocket watch!

This little tidbit of information is provided by Newsy.

I'm sure we all know this and I would have presumed that even in the 21st Century most people would be able to deduce this from a sense of history and common sense, but evidently that's not so.

This was the topic of an internet debate and Levi Strauss finally intervened to clear up the mystery.

I guess I'm really getting old, but pocket watches are in fact still sold and presumably because some people still use them.

Anyway, here's a video of mystery pocket debate and how it was resolved.

http://my.xfinity.com/video/what-s-t...sf_jeanspocket
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Old 29 January 2016, 03:35 AM   #2
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Cool.

I had been told when I was younger and believed it, that it was a key pocket.

Never really made sense.

Thanks for the link and knowledge.
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Old 29 January 2016, 03:43 AM   #3
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Since they are Jeans and not dressy apparel, I would have guessed the pocket was for spare change.
And I always thought that I had common sense.
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Old 29 January 2016, 04:03 AM   #4
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I use it for a small folding knife.
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Old 29 January 2016, 05:21 AM   #5
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Old 29 January 2016, 07:32 AM   #6
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That's a cool bit of trivia.

Thanks for sharing.
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Old 29 January 2016, 07:41 AM   #7
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I use it for a small folding knife.
Yep I use it for that too, very handy
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Old 29 January 2016, 08:26 AM   #8
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I hate being old....I knew the answer on the first guess!!

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Old 29 January 2016, 09:44 AM   #9
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It's perfect for my Zippo lighter.
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Old 29 January 2016, 10:24 AM   #10
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Seems small for a pocket watch. I thought that's why they invented denim waistcoats
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