The advent of men’s pocket watches came about for men to be able to tell the time wherever they were. Some were dress pocket watches and some were regular. The dress pocket watches were handsome pieces of equipment that were made as different as the person who wore them. The regular watches also had designs but they were austere. These pocket watches came from different countries so the movements were different and so were the designs in the dress pocket watches. Each one represented the country where they were from.

Men’s pocket watches were also created as memento items. Companies made their own watch designs for special occasions. Railroad companies had railroad scenes on them and oil companies had oil scenes on them. Some had designs that had no connections with a particular product or company. They were designed by individual jewelers to compete with other jewelers as to who could come up with a better design.