Sometimes, it really is about serendipity. I have gears and I have watch parts but I hadn’t thought about putting them together until my jumbled up container of supplies did it for me. I was rummaging through a box, looking for interesting bits, when I saw that this gear fit perfectly in this watch case.
Who am I to argue with fate? I found the back to the watch case, secured things with some industrial-strength epoxy, and wrote a letter from Innsmouth to evoke that steampunky, HP Lovecraft feel. Because using a gear that looks vaguely like a sun dial to tell time? Is totally steamy.
There were several different options for chain but this silver link has been one of my favorites lately.
