Watchlords

Spotted in the window of a local charity shop today.









Low (£2!) price and attractive with the teeny tiny shells, which are only 4-5mm across, so I paid my money and took it home.
Opened it up, and inside it was hallmarked "A.G.R." for Robert Pringle & Sons, also the acorn and leaves for Chester imported, and the date letter "G" for 1907/08.










I might try to find a nice 13''' movement (only 1 1/2 inch case) and dial to fit inside, but honestly someone made a lovely job with those shells, so I may leave it as is.

Cheers, Bob.

Well that's a cool find.

That case is super cool. A nice position to be in, if you find a nice movement and dial it can be resurrected, if not it's cool the way it is.

This is really cool the way it is, but I always love seeing if I can find a nice set of innards so that it re-fulfills its original purpose. (Of course, I've only done that with vintage and antique radios, so you may want to take my input with a very large grain of salt...) Congrats on a really very cool find!

That is indeed an unusual find, and very cool, Mr. bee. I know the Victorians were nutz about putting things under glass, and I've never seen something like that before.

Great find, mate!

One thing- wasn't the maker's mark A.G.R. for Arthur George Rendell?

What a great find! Really cool little case. Perfect for your stash.

Loving this one Bob, Congrats.

More proof that it always pays to keep those eyes open, regardless of where you are. Good on ya, bob.

Thanks guys, some great comments there so thankyouse.
Mikey, Rendell was the manager at Pringles and for some reason his initials were used for a reg. mark.
Mr. Recliner, never give a guy's hidey hole away, now I gotta find another...
Cheers!

...or repurpose it as a snuff box.