Satisfying Antique Brass and Copper Watchmaker's 3 Inch Double Calipers travel watercolor set easy to prop most anywhere

easy to prop most anywhere

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

and have to think this one was done by him as well--perhaps in advance of a more polished final version

How to beat these green and orange stripes and these two tiny figures facing one another forever as they roll along

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

Satisfying Antique Brass and Copper Watchmaker's 3 Inch Double Calipers travel watercolor set easy to prop most anywhereSometimes 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