Wooden Watch from 1900

By John Biggs March 9, 2007

To heck with ceramics! Give me frasier fir! This Russian watch is made almost entirely out of wood and has a beautifully carved geartrain, case, and face. Amazing, painstaking work.
Solid Wood 1900 Pocket Watch – Wood Gears, Hands and Case [THE WATCHISMO TIMES]

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Last Update: March 9, 2007

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John Biggs

John lives in Brooklyn and has loved watches since he got his first Swatch Irony automatic in 1998. He is the editor of WristWatchReview.

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