52 Thomas Richard Davis (Mike)Searl.jpgMy father was born in 1900 and in this photo of him in his later teens, or early twenty's, he wears his watch chain from his jacket lapel ......T bar exposed...... This was a formal posed photo and was it common to wear your chain and watch there, I don't know,...... but as wearing a watch and chain was the fashion, especially when in your " good clothes", I don't think how the chain was worn was as important as that you HAD a watch and chain......just my opinion though.