Watching the delightful Colin Firth Pride & Prejudice yesterday I noticed something unrecognisable protruding from his front bottom parts. I’ve had trouble finding a photo to illustrate it, but this one kind of does:
Just below his glove there’s something which looks a bit like a medal hanging off a bit of ribbon.
So what is it? It looks too small to be a pocket-watch. Is it some kind of lever or bell pull? 
Something to do with his braces?
A watch fob?
It looks like the bottom part of his suspenders.
Here’s wearing one here too:
http://www.budaipolgar.hu/text/images/newswf21017101031/buszkeseg2.jpg
Could it be a braces thing? Why is there only one? I was wondering if it was something decorative.
According to this site, it is indeed a watch fob.
Hey, in those photos of Darcy on his wedding day, the watch fob changes sides from right to left!
As a big fan of this particular mini series, I’m hazarding a guess and saying it is a watch fob.
But, for the ladies out there, who hasn’t noticed how …well…packaged…Mr. Darcy is.
Or, rather, how clingy his trousers are.
Thanks all! For some reason I assumed all these Regency gents would have watch chains and the thing hanging down was something else. Now I know.