Do you use that little pocket on the right side of your jeans?

[WILCO]

I've always ignored it. Now that I'm using a pocket watch, it's invaluable to me. One train of thought is that's the original purpose for such a pocket. Some folks say it's for keeping your spare change policed up.

[parson48]

Back when I was but a young lad, everyone actually called this the "watch pocket". I have occasionally carried change in mine, but rarely use it for anything.

[farmerjim]

I use it to hold a pair of children's scissors when I tie tomatoes. It is much faster than a knife. I will be using it as soon as I get up from the computer.

[Trey45]

I keep change in that little pocket. Back when I actually carried a pocket watch I used that pocket for its intended purpose.

[imashooter2]

My cell phone fits very nicely.

[dragon813gt]

Don't ever bother with it. Put change in it once and had problems getting it back out so that ended that experiment. I prefer carpenters jeans with pockets down on the leg. They're indispensable for carrying your cell phone. And of course for their intended purposes on the job.

[PbHurler]

Yep, pocket watch as well.

[Philngruvy]

I carry my Uncle Henry 3 blade pocket knife in it.

[Gar]

Don't use it, I carry my wallet in my right front pocket and anything I would put in the little pocket just gets in the way of whipping my wallet out when I find a great deal.

[Wots]

About the only thing I can fit in there is the car keyless remote.

[Kull]

I use it for random things. Nutmeg, digger pine nuts, etc.

[Bill*]

Cig butts-keeps them off the ground. Be sure to empty pocket before putting pants in the wash though

[km101]

I've always heard it called a watch pocket. I havent carried a pocket watch much, but when I do it's there.
Sadly most of my jeans dont have a watch pocket now. This seems to be the trend. Two different brands are without it. :(

[SlippShodd]

I used to carry a watch in the watch pocket occasionally. Now the little Buck Metro rides there:

65108

Never know when I might be attacked by a bottle of Mexican beer.

mike

[Case Stuffer]

I carry a few marbles for my slingshot and at times a few cast boolits and loaded rounds if I happen to be shoping for boolit profiles.

[FredBuddy]

Keys to the gun vault. Never without 'em!

[oldred]

I thought everyone already knew that was a watch pocket? Back when pocket watches were common that's what it was intended for and it's just a carry-over from that.


About the only thing I find it useful for is carrying a cell phone.

[462]

I've used it to carry a pocket watch, a knife, or change, but now it just collects lint.

[DLCTEX]

Wranglers don't have the watch pocket. I haven't worn Levis in 25 years or more.

[runfiverun]

that is there for your pocket watch.
that's why it's called a watch pocket out here.
of course a gentleman carries it in his vest on the left side and a chain to a derringer on the right.

[Epd230]

The only thing I have ever found in that pocket is crack cocaine and handcuff keys.

[quilbilly]

You betcha. I keep three rounds in there for my single shot rifles and keep the rest of the cartridges in the daypack.

[300winmag]

Since the remote for the car with the keys is to much for the pocket, I put the remote in the watch pocket with the keys hanging.

[slim1836]

I keep a Challenge Coin in mine, don't leave home without it.

Slim

[Skirmisher]

Wranglers are the only reasonably priced jeans with a usable watch pocket. Levi's have them for show.

[Jeffrey]

It's for carrying lube grooves!

[R.M.]

Wranglers don't have the watch pocket. I haven't worn Levis in 25 years or more.
My Skoal can fits nicely in the watch-pocket in my Wranglers. Yup, the pair I have on right now has a watch pocket.

[Reg]

No no no, you are all wrong !!! Thats where you carried your Zippo lighter back in the days when we all smoked .

[montana_charlie]

Wranglers don't have the watch pocket. I haven't worn Levis in 25 years or more.
Wore Levis for my whole life ... up until their TV commercials started advocating the end of America as we know it.

CM

[HATCH]

My Ruger LCP fits nicely in that pocket. I always keep my shirt untucked anyway

[TRX]

My motorcycle key goes there.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Dat's where I keeps me gold nuggets !

[Idaho Mule]

Mostly lint, but occasionally hay chaff, pine needles, etc... JW

[John Allen]

That is where I keep my knife that lives with me all the time.

[geargnasher]

I carried a pocket watch for years, but the Levi's watch pocket is too small for a full-sized one, so I ended up getting a cheapo quartz miniature job that would fit. The pocket is in such a place that anything long (like a folding knife) gores me in the abdomen when I stoop over or sit down. Plastic remote key fobs get crushed in there. It's about only useful for two things: Small pocket watches and three .45/90 cartridges.

Gear

[LUBEDUDE]

When I was growing up, everyone wore they're jeans snug; there's no way you could even get your finger in that sidecar pocket much less anything else!

Now, loose is in and I see guys saying that they put cell phones in it?

[horsesoldier]

I stick my spare magazine for my block 32 in the watch pocket

[DeanWinchester]

Whoremonging trash use it for storing a parachute, should they find an opportunity to jump.

I have a pair of khakis that have a little "storage pocket" on the right front belt loop. I have another pair that has one inside the right front pocket. Apparently even clothing manufacturers are trying to help prevent the spread of VD's.

[TXGunNut]

Xtra mag for my P3AT when I'm not carrying something bigger.

[NSP64]

I carry my pt111 g2 in mine

[Ramar]

I only wear Wranglers and they do fine holding my pocket watch. It's a wind up old school just like me and much of what I own and use.
Ramar

[brstevns]

Yes, a pocket watch.

[3006guns]

My Ruger LCP fits nicely in that pocket. I always keep my shirt untucked anyway

Although a watch pocket sure makes sense, I always heard that pocket referred to as a "pistol pocket". Always wondered if everyone carried Freedom Arms mini revolvers way back when.........

[Kraschenbirn]

A little flat tin of 'Burt's Bees' Beeswax Balm. Great for dry skin or chapped lips.

Bill

[Charlie Two Tracks]

Hey! I think I have found a lawsuit! I'm left handed and it is discrimination against all left handers to have to use the non dominate hand instead of the left hand. I must have probably, maybe, could have been mentally handicapped from such trama in my early years. Since the majority (right handers) cannot have things their way (and be fair) then us left handers (the minority) should be able to make things go our way. I really think that in an Illinois court (if presented this way) I'd stand a great chance of winning. And here I thought the Lottery was my only chance of getting rich.

[TXGunNut]

I'm with you, Charlie! It would make a better mag pouch on the left side anyway. Not sure many courts would want to hear that argument, tho.

[lylejb]

earplugs

[375RUGER]

Back when I could afford such accesories on jeans I carried a lighter in it.

[rmark]

Holds my players club card at the casino.

[Jammersix]

I haven't worn anything but Carhartt's in thirty years, and in Carhartt's, that pocket is in the back right pocket. I stopped using both back pockets twenty years ago.

Back In The Day, when all I wore was Levi 501's, I never used it.

[KinkBreaker]

+1 on the zippo. they dont have those on sweat pants

[Bullshop]

Just right for my Bond Arms Texal Defender.

[MT Gianni]

I keep coins in it.

[Adam10mm]

I don't have a pocket watch, but I use it for garbage if I can't find a trash can nearby. Since I quit smoking 10 years ago I love to chew gum, so the wrapper gets put there until I'm done.

[NVcurmudgeon]

Years ago, when I found out about Levi Strauss being rabidly anti-gun, I switched to Wranglers. That was about the time Levi closed the San Jose, CA plant and moved production to Viet Nam and China. AFAIK Wrangler hasn't announced a position on guns. Wranglers are made in Costa Rica which has more women than men, great fishing, and no army. Who could dislike a country like that?

[Adam10mm]

Wranglers supports and sponsors a bunch of hunting and fishing shows. In any store by me, they're the only jeans brand that also make camo jeans. I'm taking those hints that they support the outdoors.

[waksupi]

I think Wrangler is the main sponsor of the PRCA, so that works for me.

[WILCO]

I think Wrangler is the main sponsor of the PRCA, so that works for me.

Yep. Says so on page two: https://www.prorodeo.org/Portal/RodeoCommittees/Properties/2013-Rodeo-Sponsorship-Final2.pdf

[Para82]

Use mine for keeping a Spyderco Cricket or Blade tech Mouse or Buck 55. Always have at least one of them on me plus full size folder. Can never have too many knives.
Para82

[BD]

I keep a clip on pocket knife there on the rare occasion I'm in a state where I don't need clean access to my right front pocket. IMO it's on the wrong side as about anything you might use it for obstructs the main right front pocket which is the important one.
BD

[Wayne Smith]

Years ago I kept a pocket watch in it. The third time my watch (3 of them!) went through the washer I quit! Now I wear my watch in my vest.

[wgr]

i do think it was called a fob. the little pocket on a vest for your watch. name just carried over to the pants .

[Wayne Smith]

i do think it was called a fob. the little pocket on a vest for your watch. name just carried over to the pants .
Nope, the fob is attached to the watch, hangs over the pocket to be grabbed to pull the watch out. It also reminds you that it's there - I never had one!

[Ramar]

Wayne Smith said " Now I wear my watch in my vest."

I can't find a vest with a watch pocket in it other than a going out vest. I don't dress up very often lately but when I do my fancy pants only have a watch pocket that I've sewn in them. I can hide it inside the big right front pocket and then nobody knows how low my sewing standards are.
Ramar

[geargnasher]

Years ago I kept a pocket watch in it. The third time my watch (3 of them!) went through the washer I quit! Now I wear my watch in my vest.

I admire your class, Sir.

Gear

[Blacksmith]

Since I retired I don't carry a watch. I use the pocket to store horse treats and he knows where they are. He tries to pick my pocket if I don't give him one he thinks he deserves.

[stubshaft]

Used it to carry my Zippo in.

[wgr]

Nope, the fob is attached to the watch, hangs over the pocket to be grabbed to pull the watch out. It also reminds you that it's there - I never had one! you sir are correct. thinks for getting me on track:oops:

[TheGrimReaper]

Me...I don't use it too small for coins or such.

[Rangefinder]

I always have a folding knife clipped in the main right-side pocket. That little "watch" pocket is perfect for a small fire-steel or flint chip. I can do the whole 'primitive fire' thing many different ways, but don't prefer to if I don't have to. I'm never without fire.

[2HighSpeed]

I use it for my chapstick. Thats my must have, I dont leave home without it!

[Philngruvy]

Use mine for keeping a Spyderco Cricket or Blade tech Mouse or Buck 55. Always have at least one of them on me plus full size folder. Can never have too many knives.
Para82
+1 As mentioned earlier, my Uncle Henry is in the watch pocket, a Gerber E Z Out is clipped in my right front, a Western 2 blade folder inside my right front and a Victorinox multi tool in my left front pocket.

[searcher4851]

I guess I'm not very creative. Since it's a watch pocket, I keep my pocket watch in it.

[jeepyj]

Hey! I think I have found a lawsuit! I'm left handed and it is discrimination against all left handers to have to use the non dominate hand instead of the left hand. I must have probably, maybe, could have been mentally handicapped from such trama in my early years. Since the majority (right handers) cannot have things their way (and be fair) then us left handers (the minority) should be able to make things go our way. I really think that in an Illinois court (if presented this way) I'd stand a great chance of winning. And here I thought the Lottery was my only chance of getting rich.
Not if you buy Harley jeans their watch pocket is on the left side. Something that I've never figured out why. Anyway I use my watch pocket for my Harley key
Jeepyj

[shooterg]

Did carry a pocket watch . Now I'm old and puny, it holds my pill bottle ! Grew up in Levis, still have some so old they were made here. Tried Wranglers, no complaints, but now get my jeans from All American Clothing www.allamericanclothing.com . When I die I'll be in my casket laid out in USA made stuff - or naked !

[dmarfell]

It is indeed a 'watch pocket.' I used to carry my grandpa's pocket watch in it. Now I often carry a pair of Foster Grant folding reading glasses there.

[lksmith]

works great for carrying a small pocket auto in at the ready but out of the way.
Also useful for some full size autos by just putting the bbl (trigger guard forward) as a holster

[Lance Boyle]

Occasionally I do carry my step dad's pocket watch there on the crocheted nylon cord my sister made for him. Just a touch of nostalgia when I do.

BTW my carhart jeans have a watch pocket and so do my 3 year old wrangler jeans.

[Lance Boyle]

Did carry a pocket watch . Now I'm old and puny, it holds my pill bottle ! Grew up in Levis, still have some so old they were made here. Tried Wranglers, no complaints, but now get my jeans from All American Clothing www.allamericanclothing.com . When I die I'll be in my casket laid out in USA made stuff - or naked !

I like the thought and would probably buy there but they should offer hemming service for us short folks. For $50 a pair they should hem to any damn size and ship. I can buy wranglers at the army navy and they'll hem for free and I can get 2 pairs. Not sure if they're still made in the USA though. They sure used to be. ETA - damn, hecho en mexico

[JPinMI]

Exactly what I was thinking Lance, Carhartt watch pockets are actually big enough to be of some use, they easily hold two speed strips
JP

[Whipple]

I carry a extra mag for my p938. The stock mag fits perfect.

[375supermag]

Wranglers don't have the watch pocket. I haven't worn Levis in 25 years or more.

I have worn Wrangler's exclusively for 30+ years.

Even my new Wrangler's have the watch pocket...I never use it.