An Improved Watch Preserver or Protector.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1894
HORACE WILLIAMS 14 Mossbury Road, Clapham Junction London S.W.
Draughtsman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct a simple efficient and inexpensive
watch preserver which will protect a watch from being taken from a pocket,
without the wearer's knowledge.
I construct my watch preserver from a small piece of leather, or any other
suitable substance.
A small hole is cut through the protector large enough to allow a watch chain to
pass through.
The protector is sewn to the inside of the watch pocket, and the chain passed
through the hole in the protector before the watch is connected with the chain, thus
making it quite impossible for the watch to be snatched from the pocket.
Dated this 4th day of September 1893.
HORACE WILLIAMS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Watch Preserver or Protector.
HORACE WILLIAMS Commercial Traveller 26 Lavender Sweep Clapham
Junction London S.W. do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide means for preventing the extraction of
a watch from the pocket of the wearer, and for this purpose I employ the device
illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation as seen from the front of the pocket.
Fig. 2 is a drawing of the protector.
A is a piece of leather or other suitable more or less flexible material. B is a
round hole pierced in the centre of A.
The device thus prepared is secured inside the watch pocket by stitching the
bottom edge of the piece of leather or other suitable more or less flexible material
to the front or back of the pocket as seen clearly at Fig. 1.
The device thus secured in the watch pocket may be used for its intended
purpose or not, as required, when not in use, the preserver or protector lies flat
against the inside of the watch pocket and does not interfere with the watch in
any way.
When it is required to use the device to prevent the watch from being drawn
out of the pocket by means of the chain, it is applied in the following way;
the watch chain or guard C is detached from the watch and its end is threaded
through the round hole B and is then secured to the watch as shown in Fig. 1.
If an attempt be made to pull out the watch by the chain C the watch is drawn
up against the round hole B, but being too large to pass through the hole B
its extraction is prevented.
When the wearer desires to look at his watch whilst it is connected with the
protector, he can do so by pulling the watch itself upwards when the watch

page_text: chain or guard C. will be drawn through the hole B sufficiently to allow the
watch to be taken out of the pocket and examined.
A special feature of this protector is that the chain being constantly drawn
through the hole B is kept clean and bright and that it need only be used
when necessary, as for example, when the wearer is about to go into a crowd
or other places where he fears an attempt may be made to rob him of his
watch, at other times the watch may be carried in the pocket in the
ordinary way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The improved watch preserver or protector which consists of a piece of
leather or any other suitable more or less flexible material, with a hole pierced
through the same, sufficiently large to allow a watch chain to pass through, to
be secured by stitching or otherwise to the inside of a watch pocket, substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawing.
2nd. The improved watch preserver or protector, constructed, applied and
operating substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 4th day of June 1894.
HORACE WILLIAMS,
Applicant.