- published: 18 Feb 2016
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A pocket watch (or pocketwatch) is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist. They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wristwatches became popular after World War I during which a transitional design, trench watches, were used by the military. Pocket watches generally have an attached chain to allow them to be secured to a waistcoat, lapel, or belt loop, and to prevent them from being dropped. Watches were also mounted on a short leather strap or fob, when a long chain would have been cumbersome or likely to catch on things. This fob could also provide a protective flap over their face and crystal. Women's watches were normally of this form, with a watch fob that was more decorative than protective. Chains were frequently decorated with a silver or enamel pendant, often carrying the arms of some club or society, which by association also became known as a fob. Ostensibly "practical" gadgets such as a watch winding key, vesta case or a cigar cutter also appeared on watch chains, although usually in an overly decorated style. Also common are fasteners designed to be put through a buttonhole and worn in a jacket or waistcoat, this sort being frequently associated with and named after train conductors.
We got crazy diamond
And a heart with a very tall scenery
I see fields of sunshine
And they're calling us away to the new
I've got you
You've got me
We've got wild, wild horses
And they're running with the moon on their backs
I got a rocket three
And it's [?] me from [?] to L.A.
I've got you
You've got me
We've got all the time in the Universe
To dream
We've got Clint Eastwood
And he's gonna blow the suckers away
You'd better run and hide, boys and girls
'Cos it's really gonna make his day
I've got you
You've got me
We've got all the love in the Universe
And we're free
I got all my troubles in a pocket watch
And I keep on banging but it just wont stop
We got all the sunshine in the Milky Way
And they're never gonna stop us 'cos there is no way
No, there is no way
I got all my troubles in a pocket watch
And I keep on banging but it just won't stop
We got all our sunshine in the Milky Way
And they're never gonna stop us 'cos there is no way