Satisfying Antique Brass and Copper Watchmaker's 3 Inch Double Calipers travel watercolor set or use it for tracking

or use it for tracking all sorts of things (cups of coffee

making the march ahead for our man with cane iseem like a long and arduous one

But what a lovely thing

which it seems the leather strap on one side

It’s very nicely made

Satisfying Antique Brass and Copper Watchmaker's 3 Inch Double Calipers travel watercolor set or use it for trackingSometimes an old tool just strikes as especially lovely, as was the case with this antique brass watchmaker's double caliper. What do I know about watchmaking? Nothing. But I find the delicacy of this, with its thin, tapering arms, and its symmetry, and the way the sides open and close together very satisfying. Feels like a metaphor for embodiment of balance and precision! This would have be used for measuring, truing, and modifying tiny watch