The pocket watch you can wear on your wrist
The 49.6mm diameter casing is on the large side for a wristwatch - and be warned, it's also hand-wound rather than automatic... Just add a chain if you want to use it as a pocket watch. Oddly, it's waterproof to 30m in case you go swimming in your waistcoat
Even two years ago, wearing a pocket watch made you look like a time traveller from a previous century, or worse, a half-crazed fashionista. But with Richard Mille, Hermès and Mont Blanc bringing out models this year, pocket watches appear to be edging back into the normal world.
Swiss jewellery house Chopard, though, is hedging its bets - its LUC Louis-Ulysse transforms from a pocket watch into a (rather large) wristwatch simply by clipping it on to a wrist strap.
It has a pocket watch movement designed in collaboration with the Geneva Watchmaking School and is based on a Chopard patent from 1912 for a 'convertible' model.
Of course, buying a wristwatch and a separate pocket watch might be a cheaper option - the LUC Louis-Ulysse costs £29,690.
chopard.com
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