Flying Time (Stopped), Old Pocket Watch with Graphite and Watercolor Plane effigy with very minor slumping

with very minor slumping

Just a good one--chunky

1940s or 50s I'd think and in great structural shape

My favorite stapled pieces are those that wear the staples prominently on the exterior rather than the underside

Flying Time (Stopped), Old Pocket Watch with Graphite and Watercolor Plane effigy with very minor slumpingThis pocket watch is not in working order (though one can move the dials to whatever time one wishes), and I rather like it that way, undermining the capacity for time to fly! I don't know the story behind how this came to me it does seem there were some pocket watches made with planes on their faces, including honoring Lindbergh's flight from New York City to Paris, and perhaps this one was drawn in longing to have one of those! Whatever the case, a