Comments on: Vintage pocket watches shaped as a bike and a book http://boingboing.net/2009/12/22/odd-vintage-pocket-w.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 12:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: john_reeve41 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/22/odd-vintage-pocket-w.html#comment-672001 john_reeve41 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672001 Somehow I don't think these were made by Omega! Somehow I don’t think these were made by Omega!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/22/odd-vintage-pocket-w.html#comment-672270 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672270 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 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

]]> By: Rob Cruickshank http://boingboing.net/2009/12/22/odd-vintage-pocket-w.html#comment-672023 Rob Cruickshank Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672023 It's the other Omega, the one in "Swit Zerland"! It’s the other Omega, the one in “Swit Zerland”!

]]> By: Evil_Samaritan http://boingboing.net/2009/12/22/odd-vintage-pocket-w.html#comment-672199 Evil_Samaritan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-672199 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. 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.

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