The pocket watch I bought off eBay came through the mail today. I guess there was no reason to buy a pocket watch, especially since I have 2 wrist watches and a phone- but I bought it because I'm bad at managing my money. This is probably why I complain about being broke so often...
The only thing which is special about this pocket watch is that it has a picture of Allen Walker from DGM the actual watch face. And no, before you condemn me, it's not a peel-off sticker. The image is actually behind the glass--- I know I'm essentially paying for that 37mm diameter image, but I have no regrets when I hold it in my hands.
I have the temptation to engrave my name on there--- not in hope that someone will return it to me if I drop it, but at least it'd demotivate anyone from keeping it- if they picked it up. The only thing stopping me from engraving is my suspicion that the metal watch case is iron, and if I engrave it I will obviously pierce through the silver coating and expose the iron. Now I never paid much attention in chemistry, but I did spend a good 3 weeks learning about the fact that iron corrodes in the presence of oxygen and water.
It's a shame- I'll probably scratch this watch in many places, because I"m generally careless- and then my efforts gone into not-engraving my pocket watch will be wasted anyway. Oh well, at least I'm happy, at this particular moment in time.
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