Strange watch?

[jules_s]

Just caught my missus viewing this on e-bay....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LADIES-VINTAGE-18CT-GOLD-TIF...

Seems strange to me (not sure how long the listing will stay there)

Nice looking watch, but what the hell is it? a pocket watch that has been adapted? or a watch that needs to be read when you are at 45 degrees from normal?

/open to people with more knowledge about these sort of things...

[MarkoTVR]

It's the right way up if your arms are straight.....

[ShadownINja]

Did women of that era wear their watches on the inside of the wrist? If so, you'd bend your arm up much like when they hold a mascara mirror, I guess. Perhaps that was the point. They could powder their nose and check the time. It must have been invented by a man so women didn't take so fking long to get ready.