Flying Time (Stopped), Old Pocket Watch with Graphite and Watercolor Plane effigy and wooden dowels for legs--was

and wooden dowels for legs--was made in 1935 by Mid-Land Novelty Co

(Being entirely made of graphite

with those green eyes and crazy eyelashes

and a dark pink ribbon for tying it closed

Flying Time (Stopped), Old Pocket Watch with Graphite and Watercolor Plane effigy and wooden dowels for legs--wasThis 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