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Vintage pocket watches shaped as a bike and a book

David Pescovitz at 9:53 am Tue, Dec 22, 2009

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eBay oddity scout Michael-Anne Rauback spotted these curious "Victorian" brass mechanical pocket watches in the form of a bicycle and "Mr. Book."

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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john_reeve41

Somehow I don’t think these were made by Omega!
Anonymous

They strike me more as -repurposed- pocket watches, with their actual usage in those shapes being more akin to mantle-clocks or timepieces for a nightdresser or the like.

It seems unlikely that they’d have actually been carried in one’s pocket the way they are now, but I can understand why someone might want to convert a cheap pocket watch into a small decorative clock.

~D. Walker
Rob Cruickshank

It’s the other Omega, the one in “Swit Zerland”!
Evil_Samaritan

I guess as long as you treat it as a replica it’s ok. I’d actually buy some of the watches he has, just because of their look.