Nope. They took a small piece of cloth and stitched it onto the inside of the pocket. I still can't figure out the fucking purpose and like Eric said, you can't get two fingers in it so retrieving anything that goes into it is a serious chore.
the article reports: The only solution, other than buying pants with normal pockets, is to perform a partial pocketectomy:...Problem solved: surgical implement, resected ?watch? pocket: