Tidbits: The pocket watch pocket on jeans and the “Locker Loop”
Posted By RichC on December 11, 2025
Have you ever wondered about those oddities on clothes and why they continue to be added even though “most” people don’t use them?
I suspect most people have heard that the little pocket on jeans was put their by Levi Strauss for the pocket watch, but it is still interesting.
Coins? Matches? Lipstick? Flash drives? Gold nuggets? The tiny pocket on jeans likely has been used for all of these, even the
last (more on that in minute). But, as designed by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in 1873 as a feature of the original “waist overalls,” the small pocket was intended to hold a watch.
Another oddity that I’ve never used, but see on men’s collared shirts is that little loop on the back called a “Locker Loop” – women’s clothes, maybe??? Obviously it was intended for hanging a dress shirt in a locker so as not to get it wrinkled and it makes perfect sense – perhaps I should be using it?
Random Thought: I wonder if the Pocket Watch could make a comeback as an artificial intelligence (AI) powered “Smart Pocket Watch” and replace the smartphone and smartwatch … and maybe even the virtual assistant devices (Google Home, Siri, Alexa, etc)?
For people like me who miss the smaller footprint smart flip phone (Samsung i500 SPH), it would be interesting to have a square flip-open iPhone about the size of a folded wallet for my front pocket again.
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