Horological Meandering

"Give me my watch wrapped in newspaper and cut some of that damn price"

 

Thanks Mycroft for launching this with your comments from the Montblanc thread:

"What Watch makers still don't understand to date is that a humongous watch case,
however beautifully crafted in whatever exotic wood and even if lined with baby's skin - is as useful to me as a hole in the head!
Like I need another one where my wife can rant at me and berate me for my foolish purchases.
I have boxes all over my house and no where to keep them and
I dare not throw them out in the event that 200 years down the road,
I decide to sell my timepieces to pay for my poverty from my ill-spent youth!
Give me my watch wrapped in newspaper and cut some of that damn price to something I can afford!"

I did a little survey around my house. For example, where I used to hav a substantial collection of single malts, I now have boxes:

And not just any kind of boxes, but
Wood inlay
Plain wood
Wood layers
Wood with drawers
Leather
Leather and wood
Leather and steel
Bakelite
Rubber (! Ikepod !) Round
Composites
Blue and Green Velvet( Seiko GS)
Naugahyde
Plastic
Cardboard
and good old newspaper

I forget where the other zillion watch boxes even are?

Better have a Laphroaig and ponder the question...

added to Editor's Pick

This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2008-01-21 17:17:10