The Lapel Chain – the ultimate Luxury Men’s Accessory for the Gentleman with flare.
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The Lapel Chain has a very interesting history as an accessory.
Lapel Chains were worn by Gentleman to hold their pocket watches. Men originally carried their pocket watches in their waistcoat pockets with a chain attached to the button hole. In the mid-19th Century as the trend for men wearing waistcoats came to an end they simply carried their pocket watches in the breast pocket of their blazer or jacket with a chain attached to the lapel button hole – this is how Lapel Chain was born. The Lapel Chain was a common accessory of British Military Officers in the Great War.
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In today’s world pocket watches are rarity so where the watch would have been attached on the Lapel Chain now sits a charm, which simply weighs the chain down in the wearer’s breast pocket. The charm at the other end of the chain sits in the lapel button hole.
We launched the TYLER & TYLER Lapel Chain Collection to a great reception in beautiful Florence at Pitti Uomo in June 2019 – the biggest International Menswear Show.
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All TYLER & TYLER Lapel Chains have been proudly designed and manufactured by us in-house in our Birmingham, England factory.
The charms on each TYLER & TYLER Lapel Chain are die-struck, hand-enamelled and hand-finished.
To view our Lapel Chain collection click on the link below:
https://tyler-and-tyler.com/collections/lapel-chains
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