Tag: pocket watch

Ever wondered why that tiny, somewhat pointless, the pocket is on your jeans? Well, it’s not for your coins if that’s what you’re thinking. The small pockets date back to 1890 they were stitched into Levi’s ‘waist overall’ jeans. Back in the day, they were commonly used for pocket watches, and we clearly don’t do […]

Dutch mathematician, Christiaan Huygens, patented the pocket watch on this day in 1675. Did you know that: • William Griggs, the inventor of the photo-chromo lithography, was born on this day in 1832• The first escalator was installed at London Underground at Earl’s Court Station on this day in 1911• The patent for an antibiotic […]