Cassock and Pocket Watch?

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Is there a specific way, if at all, that a cleric wearing a cassock should wear a pocket watch? @Frdavid96 @Edward_george1
 
He puts it in the same pocket where Pope Francis puts his eyeglasses when he’s not wearing them.

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I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he stuffed them in his fascia or looped them through his pectoral cross chain 😃
 
I know a lot of Norbertine priests. Their habits have big side pockets. Several of them keep their eyeglasses and even glasses cases in them. One of the priest carries around a complete list of all the winners of the Oscars since forever!
 
Hereiam said:
In the same pocket as cell phone,
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Exactly what I was thinking. Who has a pocket watch nowadays anyhow?

Maybe carrying a pocket watch is more traditional? Except for the ultra traditional folks who see the pocket watch as a 16th Century innovation. I don’t know where those folks keep their sun dials.
 
What’s disturbing about that? He’s into old movies and likes to have the list. Just to clarify, Norbertines wear their habits almost always, even if they’re away from their abbey or parish.
 
Why? I don’t understand. Like I said, he’s just into old movies and Oscars.
 
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Why? I don’t understand. Like I said, he’s just into old movies and Oscars.
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Because it would be weird for anyone to do that. It’s one thing to have a list at home, it’s another thing to always have it in your pocket. Esp now with smart phones when you can look it up quickly.

It’s just quirky.
 
I know it’s kind of funny, but I don’t know why anyone would think it disturbing. I don’t think he has a cell phone. He’s not great at technology. He much prefers hard copies of what he wants to know. I think he has it in his pocket in case he can’t remember one of them if he’s in the middle of a conversation about old movies.
 
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I know it’s kind of funny, but I don’t know why anyone would think it disturbing. I don’t think he has a cell phone. He’s not great at technology. He much prefers hard copies of what he wants to know. I think he has it in his pocket in case he can’t remember one of them if he’s in the middle of a conversation about old movies.
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I never said it was disturbing. I agree with you, “disturbing” is the wrong word.

It’s just very quirky.
 
It depends upon the type of cassock worn.

Traditionally, cassocks did not have side pockets or slits to allow access to pants pockets. There were a few ways the clergy originally hid the pocket for a pocketwatch.

Some either tucked it into their fascia (the cloth, sash-like belt) or even had a small pocket sewn into its lining.

In English style cassocks with a chesterfield front, a pocket was sometimes concealed over the breast under the fly fastening.

In French, Ambrosian, or Italian style cassocks, pockets were also sometimes concealed inside the cassock and accessed by slipping the hand into the cassock between the buttons over the chest.

Historically, it was considered somewhat scandalous for a priest to be seen openly wearing a pocket watch because until the developments in machine tooling in the mid to late 1800s, a pocket watch was a considerable investment and a number of people saw it as a sign of great wealth. My own Order banned its priests from even posessing one for this very reason until they became significantly cheaper in the mid to late nineteenth century.
 
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In English style cassocks with a chesterfield front, a pocket was sometimes concealed over the breast under the fly fastening.
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I tried but failed to find out online what a cassock with a “chesterfield front” is. It sounds very odd, as though it had lapels and a velvet collar.

Not to mention the “fly fastening”.
 
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