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When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are worth much, but everybody has one in his pocket.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Class, Pockets, Watches
Alexis de Tocqueville (1847). “Democracy in America”
When none but the wealthy had watches, they were almost all very good ones; few are now made which are worth much, but everybody has one in his pocket.