HEAVY LITTLE OBJECTS

#38 :: Nickel-plated pocket watch

I wish I knew more about this object, which came with the chain it was probably sold with close to 80 or 90 years ago. The font for the numbers, the filigreed bezel, the fluted face all speak of a time that won't be seen again, a time when going out to a nightclub meant dressing to the nines - from bleached spats to silk top hats. This was probably an aspiring, young, single man's dress watch - nickel, not silver, with a little rectangle on the back un-etched and free of pretensions of insignia or declarations of passion. It runs beautifully, if a little fast when not kept tuned.