I did try clean shaven once, about 25 years ago, and the reaction was so negative I had to go round with a scarf over my face for a month till...
The back is guilloche enamel and that's a today sized nickel.
My little joke, I happened to have one handy. From the Hoard, of course.
Just to round this off, here are a couple of pictures of the crew who did all the work. A rare appearance of myself disguised as a broken down...
They do appear to be individually set half seed pearls.
This is a run of the mill Swiss movement, just very small and somewhat boosted in value by the pretty case. The case is silver gilt. You can see...
More from the gun bits boxes. A load of flintlock and some powder flask parts. [ATTACH] and the rest of the contents [ATTACH] Last of the gun...
How quixotic!
No, you can use an X-ray reflection flouroscope (XRF Scanner) if you have one, hand held examples are becoming quite common in busy precious metal...
The 'bunnies' are hares. In the spring the males 'box' to establish status. The model is stylised boxing hares. There is no reason why the...
Well, it's modernish, probably has a German movement, is unlikely to be earlier than 1970, and they tend to be avoided by clock repairers because...
The spring needs about ten pounds pull, if you had it on your watch chain, which is probably where it went, you'd pull your waistcoat off before...
The big problem with any use of it is that you'd need three hands. It takes two hands to open it.
I'll do ticking with the mark two trial.
Probably thinking of the Ermeto, or similar. Nothing could be removed from this, like a watch movement, without destroying it. No way to wind a...
I will try to get a readable image.
I was only joking about binning it. :-) Flea market or car boot most likely.
Pocket bris kit? I'll get me coat...............................
Its a pretty rugged spring. Anything but a good grip and it snaps shut.
History in action. I hope. [MEDIA] Yay, it worked. Now to make antiques movies! How much does a steadicam rig cost. I hate 'hosepipe' home...
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