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

easy to prop most anywhere

which seem to be pretty rare ones as all I've found out there is a source for replacements

But what a lovely thing

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

I'd call it brutalist

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