Reply With QuoteNot intentionally sticking to the watch/clock theme, but I inherited it. I don't even know where it has come from, but looks nautical. Not massively eccentric
And this:
I, like most people I would guess, come on here and browse through through several different categories (watch talk, sales corner, wtb, g&d, BP etc etc) and I'm sometimes bemused (in a good kinda way) by some of the items that are offered for sale.
This got me to thinking what, if asked to show a pic of your most random or eccentric possession, you'd be able to 'offer up'?
I don't think that values need to be disclosed as it's just meant to be a bit of fun and I'm hoping to see some really different objects, items or even pets!
I'll have a look around the house myself and hopefully post something soon.
Not intentionally sticking to the watch/clock theme, but I inherited it. I don't even know where it has come from, but looks nautical. Not massively eccentric
And this:
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Can't find a photo of the eardrum - to go with this.......................
I have a little "curio box" (actually a small set of spice drawers) with some of the odds and ends I keep in it.
A military jacknife from 1943.
An 1889 silver and MOP fruit knife.
A Recta clockwork photo timer for Leicas, circa 1930's-1950's.
An antique leather tool with a lovely rosewood handle.
Some fossilised shark's teeth.
Prehistoric knapped flint arrowheads.
Wild RDS-1 Self reducing Tachyometer.
Got quite a bit of odd stuff here and always buy it if I spot it around, for no other reason than interest really.
Only thing I have a pic of is this bronze medal from LBJ's Vice President (1965-'69) Hubert Humphrey.
I use it as a paperweight.
Cheers,
Neil.
https://youtu.be/vjKviQf1yDwOriginally Posted by blackal
Can't find a photo of the eardrum - to go with this.......................
A hand held spectroscope from 1917, passed down through the family.
Yeah - those are just the kind of things I was meaning folks, keep them coming as I love seeing unusual stuff.
Slightly embarrassed to admit I had to google what a spectroscope is used for...
Esp liking the arrowheads, the magnifying glass and the whale tooth
Very nice Chris, reminds me I have a Wild T2 with its proper case and tripod stashed someplace which I did use a number of years ago and felt it was too nice a piece of kit to just get shot of.
Wild RDS-1 Self reducing Tachyometer.
A Bernard Teddy from Where The Wild Things Are. Had it for over 30 years. Still remember the day my mum and I chose it and also remember opening the box it came in. I was 3 or 4.
Like this...
Ha! Anything with 'scope' in might cause a few raised eyebrows. It actually works remarkably well - point it at a light source (flame, reflection of the sun, lightbulb etc. ) and it will split the light into vertical lines of part of a spectrum, which indicate the elements of the material producing the light. The resolution is adjusted with the screws.
A bit like these two:
My grandfather on that side was an optician.
I was gifted a kangaroo testicles bottle opener. They are horrible.
Same here, I pulled it out of a skip when we were moving office. First time that I used it , it was worth more than the (new) car that I was driving.
Fondly recall the T2, I spent many years stood at one with a DI3 attached
I have a Cooke Troughton Simms 1 sec microptic as well, but not currently in a state to photograph.
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Probably the Interocitor
Pics needed
I've got a few odd items knocking about. My wife was most disturbed when she found my modest prosthetic eye collection (apparently I should have confessed about it before we were married - we'd been together 10 years when it was discovered)
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I'd love these but I fear my immature nature would force me to stick two onto the exterior of the visor of my motorbike helmet and such like...I've got a few odd items knocking about. My wife was most disturbed when she found my modest prosthetic eye collection (apparently I should have confessed about it before we were married - we'd been together 10 years when it was discovered)
:)
They are just as much fun in the bottom of someone's G&T 😉
Mrs Draft once bought me a glass dildo.
This thread is really showing my ignorance as I had to google what a interocitor was ffs...also can't really start a thread and not contribute, so here are a couple from me:
A (very old) elephants foot stick holder/storage bin
And a larger than normal dart (with a normal one for scale)
I'll have a look to see if I can find anything else 👍🏼
Presumably so you could see her coming.
Ba-dum Tish!
A matching pair of Victorian brewer's hydrometers.
My birthday present to myself last year, a 1950's mechanical wrist watch wall clock.
Very well made and from the American J.C. Penney's store.
Great leather wrist strap too.
Next to my Omega Geneve.
Wrist shot!
Chinese temple prayer statue with the handwritten prayer still folded up in the back and an alien abduction lamp. Different ends of the spectrum.
Bit of family history to this, may do a post about it as I think it's quite interesting :-)
Only a copy of the original I found whilst working in dock offices. A survey of the Humber undertaken by William Bligh (mutiny on the bounty)
Probably my proudest possession. Hull schools gave attendance medals and these were awarded to my grandfather who never missed a day off school until his mum signed him up on a trawler aged 14. He took more pride in these than his war medals.
Hmmm. Wonder if he's a relative of mine...
Got quite a bit of odd stuff here and always buy it if I spot it around, for no other reason than interest really.
Only thing I have a pic of is this bronze medal from LBJ's Vice President (1965-'69) Hubert Humphrey.
I use it as a paperweight.
Nice, we had some lovely kit put 'into storage' during several office moves, including Wild, Kern, AGA, Keuffel und Esser Autoranger etc. etc.,
I 'rescued' this, I believe is a Hilger and Watts No. 1 Microptic Theodolite.
A long time ago, I'm sure actually used one during my training...
I have this from my Oasis fan days
Supposedly Noel Gallagher had something similar as a sugar jar which inspired the "caught beneath a landslide" line from champagne supernova
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I have this from my Oasis fan days
Supposedly Noel Gallagher had something similar as a sugar jar which inspired the "caught beneath a landslide" line from champagne supernova
That looks to be something by a Thai designer called Chaiyut Plypetch; we have a few bits by him dotted around the flat that I picked up in Bangkok a few years ago.
http://www.propagandaonline.com/
It's an Alessi Jar, the Mrs has loads of them in the kitchen.
https://richmondcookshop.co.uk/produ...FecW0wodCw4IoQ
I don`t own 'random' possessions, all my possessions are accrued based on conscious decisions and choices; 'random' doesn`t enter into it.
Paul
I stand corrected.
I'm guessing that you've maybe taking my wording far too literally Paul, by 'random' I only meant items that were unusual or uncommon and 'not the norm' kinda thing...just items that are 'different'.
It's not meant to be the most serious of threads anyways tbh. 👍🏼
As soon as someone starts a thread titled: "JUST HOW CREEPY - ARE YOU?"I've got a few odd items knocking about. My wife was most disturbed when she found my modest prosthetic eye collection (apparently I should have confessed about it before we were married - we'd been together 10 years when it was discovered)
You're No 1 with a bullet !!
Al :)
That is pretty much what my wife said...
I just like the workmanship in them. All handmade to match the other eye and all unique. Quite beautiful really.
We have one of those too. It's awful.
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I love this kind of stuff. In fact, our entire house is full of all kinds of curios and collectables (or "old crap" as my sister refers to it when she visits from her IKEA furnished home).
Some pics of just a few things are above. Click on any for a bigger view.
From top left:
Dials, lights and guages from a WW2 spitfire - all powered.
Dinosaur desk lamp with aritculated spine.
Antique Boat propeller - WW1 era.
AK47.
Cabinets full of fossils, minerals and antiquities plus WW2 trench art, Lancaster bomb aiming computer etc.
Actual teletype original of message sent the moment Alan Shepard splashed down.
Fossil crocodile.
Russian Cosmonaut commemorative lamp.
Cabinet with orreries and orbiters.
Deck pin from HMS Victory.
Timbers from the Mary Rose.
Antique hand carved marble Taj Mahal.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's autograph.
Winston Churchill signed letter.
Stalactite.
Largest species of trilobite.
Victorian crystal chandelier from The Ritz.
Movie collectables including picture from the staircase in Hogwarts, Spielberg's directors chair back and loads more.
Stuffed fox named "Sir Aston Webb", lifelong rival of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, President of the Royal Society.
Vintage 70's handheld electronic games.
1960's bar.
Is just a small fraction of the weird and wonderful we have.
Can't beat the collection of false eyes though.
So clever my foot fell off.
^^^that's the kinda thing^^^
Love the Megalodon tooth 👍🏼
Awesome thread! I love this kind of stuff but realise that I don't really have much like it!
My oddest thing I guess is my ball bearing clock. I have it over 20 years and still love to watch it all cascade at 1am/pm!
As each minute passes - the arm lifts one more ball bearing and drops it on the top track:
Its a noisy bugger of a thing but great fun. The perspex box doesnt stop the noise but keeps the dust out:
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One more from me then. A cigarette box made by a member of aircrew in Sorrento in 1944, serving with 30 Squadron SAAF in Italy. I found this in South Africa and Sorrento is a special place for our family. Has a bit of a scrimshaw feel to me.
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I love this kind of stuff. In fact, our entire house is full of all kinds of curios and collectables (or "old crap" as my sister refers to it when she visits from her IKEA furnished home).
Some pics of just a few things are above. Click on any for a bigger view.
From top left:
Dials, lights and guages from a WW2 spitfire - all powered.
Dinosaur desk lamp with aritculated spine.
Antique Boat propeller - WW1 era.
AK47.
Cabinets full of fossils, minerals and antiquities plus WW2 trench art, Lancaster bomb aiming computer etc.
Actual teletype original of message sent the moment Alan Shepard splashed down.
Fossil crocodile.
Russian Cosmonaut commemorative lamp.
Cabinet with orreries and orbiters.
Deck pin from HMS Victory.
Timbers from the Mary Rose.
Antique hand carved marble Taj Mahal.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's autograph.
Winston Churchill signed letter.
Stalactite.
Largest species of trilobite.
Victorian crystal chandelier from The Ritz.
Movie collectables including picture from the staircase in Hogwarts, Spielberg's directors chair back and loads more.
Stuffed fox named "Sir Aston Webb", lifelong rival of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, President of the Royal Society.
Vintage 70's handheld electronic games.
1960's bar.
Is just a small fraction of the weird and wonderful we have.
Can't beat the collection of false eyes though.
Love it.
Cheers,
Neil.
Some great stuff here... I have a walking stick with a sword in it, about as good as I get!
i've got a pickled baby cobra in a bottle....
That's a brilliant stash TFB. The dinosaur lamp!
Ive got a copy of bette Davis' will knocking about somewhere too.
I had one of those, it leaked, the smell was like nothing else. I took it far from the house to dispose of it...
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